Selected international awards and recognitions
BLACK & WHITE SPIDER AWARDS →
Merit of Excellence · Multiple Honorable Mentions
Fine Art, People, Portrait, Architecture, Sport, PhotojournalismREFOCUS AWARDS →
Silver · Minimalism & Street
Multiple Honorable Mentions · Fine Art1X.COM – FINE ART PHOTOGRAPHY →
Selected Photographer · Curated GallerySilver · Bronze
Street PhotographyBNW 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 PhotographyEDITION 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 realityHamburg1 – 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 dementiaDVF 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 HamburgInterviews
The Pictural List international Interview →
In-depth interview on visual perception, minimal
composition, and Svensøn’s approach to black-and-white
street photographyPhotographize Magazine →
Featured artist profile – international platform
highlighting contemporary black-and-white photographyPublications & 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 reductionB&W Minimalism Magazine #29
Presented in an international magazine dedicated to
minimalist black-and-white photography,
highlighting clarity, structure, and visual restraintBNW #021 – Photography Book
Included in the fine art photography book BNW #021,
featuring 27 photographers from 18 countries and
diverse contemporary black-and-white positionsSoul of Street Magazine #42
Featured in Germany’s first and only magazine dedicated
exclusively to street photography, presenting international
approaches to urban visual storytellingPhil's Street Magazine – Fine Art Special
Presented at Magazine #5Regional Culture & Exhibitions Coverage
HINZ & KUNZT – Street Magazine
Coverage of the 4th Meet & Street Annual Street
Photography Event in HamburgAlstertalPlus – Culture and Society in Hamburg
Editorial coverage of the solo exhibition MONOCHROM,
focusing on minimalist black-and-white photography
and urban visual languageHamburg Woman – Culture and Society in Hamburg
Article on the exhibition MONOCHROM,
highlighting reduced photographic aesthetics and
contemporary perspectives on urban spaceGanz 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 contextExhibitions & 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)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.

