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  • Selected international awards and recognitions

    BLACK & WHITE SPIDER AWARDS →
    Merit of Excellence · Multiple Honorable Mentions
    Fine Art, People, Portrait, Architecture, Sport, Photojournalism

    REFOCUS AWARDS →
    Silver · Minimalism & Street
    Multiple Honorable Mentions · Fine Art

    1X.COM – FINE ART PHOTOGRAPHY 
    Selected Photographer · Curated Gallery

    ONE EYELAND PHOTO CONTEST →

    Silver · Bronze 
    Street Photography

    BNW MINIMALIST PHOTOGRAPHY PRIZE →

    Honorable Mention · Finalist

    EDITION FINE ART PHOTOGRAPHY AWARDS

    Nominee · Street Photography · Fine Art

    35AWARDS – INTERNATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHY AWARD

    Top 35 · Street Photography
    Top 70 · Black & White Photography

    EDITION OF MINIMALIST PHOTOGRAPHY AWARDS

    Honorable Mention · Street Photography

    LEICA FOTOGRAFIE INTERNATIONAL (LFI) →

    Master Shots · Leica Photography Magazine

  • Media Coverage & TV

    Welt am Sonntag
    Feature article on the exhibition Simplicity at NIO House
    Hamburg, focusing on minimalist black-and-white
    photography – national press (Germany)

    NDR Hamburg Journal 
    TV report on the VIVA CON AQUA charity auction at
    Millerntor Gallery, featuring the auction of his work
    alongside 36 international artists (Christie’s Germany,
    patronage by Christine Gräfin zu Rantzau)

    Hamburg 1 – TV Interview Book Presentation 
    Conversation on the photobook
    MONO/POLY – aesthetic reality

    Hamburg1 – TV Interview – Street Photography 
    Live interview at “Frühcafé”, discussing minimalist
    street photography and visual perception
    (Host: Marco Ostwald)

    HAMBURGER ABENDBLATT 
    Coverage of the charity art auction supporting the NCL
    Foundation in Hamburg. One of my works was
    auctioned for charity at the 20th NCL benefit auction,
    held under the patronage of Hamburg’s Second Mayor
    Katharina Fegebank, with proceeds supporting research
    into childhood dementia

    DVF Journal – Deutscher Verband für Fotografie e.V.
    Featured in the official journal of the German Photography
    Association in connection with he exhibition Between Worlds,
    presented with the Streetcollective Hamburg

    Interviews

    The Pictural List international Interview 
    In-depth interview on visual perception, minimal
    composition, and Svensøn’s approach to black-and-white
    street photography

    Photographize Magazine 
    Featured artist profile – international platform
    highlighting contemporary black-and-white photography

    Publications & Books

    WORLDWIDE STREETS – Zine 
    International Zine-Publication ·
    Volume 3 „Inside the Streets of India“

    100 [HUNDRED] – Best Selected 
    Selected photographer in the annual international
    photography book (print publication)

    Schwarzweiss Magazin #143
    Featured in one of the leading magazines for artistic and
    professional black-and-white photography,
    with a focus on form, contrast, and reduction

    B&W Minimalism Magazine #29
    Presented in an international magazine dedicated to
    minimalist black-and-white photography,
    highlighting clarity, structure, and visual restraint

    BNW #021 – Photography Book
    Included in the fine art photography book BNW #021,
    featuring 27 photographers from 18 countries and
    diverse contemporary black-and-white positions

    Soul of Street Magazine #42
    Featured in Germany’s first and only magazine dedicated
    exclusively to street photography, presenting international
    approaches to urban visual storytelling

    Phil's Street Magazine – Fine Art Special
    Presented at Magazine #5

    Regional Culture & Exhibitions Coverage

    HINZ & KUNZT – Street Magazine
    Coverage of the 4th Meet & Street Annual Street
    Photography Event in Hamburg

    AlstertalPlus – Culture and Society in Hamburg
    Editorial coverage of the solo exhibition MONOCHROM,
    focusing on minimalist black-and-white photography
    and urban visual language

    Hamburg Woman – Culture and Society in Hamburg
    Article on the exhibition MONOCHROM,
    highlighting reduced photographic aesthetics and
    contemporary perspectives on urban space

    Ganz Hamburg – Magazine for City Life in Hamburg
    Review of the exhibition MONOCHROM at the Courtyard
    Gallery by Courtyard Marriott Hamburg, presenting
    minimalist black-and-white works in a hospitality and
    cultural context

  • Exhibitions & Representations

    Courtyard Marriott Hamburg 
    Permanent exhibition at the Courtyard Art Gallery,
    Hamburg (Germany)

    Saatchi Art 
    Represented by the international online art gallery
    Saatchi Art (USA)

    Artsper
    Represented on the international contemporary art
    platform Artsper (France)

    Art Consulting – Birgit Saatrübe
    Curatorial representation and art consulting,
    Hamburg (Germany)

    Streetcollective Hamburg 

    Member of the Hamburg-based street photography collective

    Elbphoto Hamburg 
    Member of the Hamburg-based photography group

SPACE.
PERCEPTION.
STRUCTURE.

Photography explores how perception shapes what we see.

My work examines the relationship between space, light, structure and human presence. Urban spaces provide the primary field of observation, where architecture, movement and everyday situations reveal visual relationships that often remain unnoticed. Working primarily in black and white, I reduce photographs to their essential elements: light, geometry, rhythm and spatial relationships. Human presence becomes part of larger structures, embedded within space, form and visual order. Through observation and reduction, everyday reality becomes visual experience. Photography reveals clarity within complexity and uncovers visual order within everyday life. Originally trained as an engineer, I gradually developed photography into an independent artistic practice centred on observation, awareness and visual reduction. My photographs have been exhibited internationally through exhibitions, festivals and publications. The book project MONO/POLY represents an important step in this ongoing exploration of Aesthetic Reality – the space between observation and interpretation. Alongside my personal work, I lead workshops centred on observation, visual awareness and reduction. Through guided practice and shared observation, participants refine their own way of seeing.

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