Botanica is a collection of photographs that convey the sensuality and femininity of flowers. Throughout art history, flowers have been used as symbols for different emotions, and a simple flower in an artwork can tell a whole story. Humans are naturally drawn to flowers because of their beauty, fragrance and symmetric shapes. In this body of work I experimented with mundane and rather uninspiring portraits, soaked them in milk, and added flowers. I was intrigued to discover that the portraits were instantly transformed. The flowers added symbolism and meaning to the work, and the milk added a sensual and feminine vibe. I also experimented with foliage, and the complete opposite happened. It was interesting to see that the foliage added masculinity to the image, and made it convey a completely different story.

The first time I saw an infrared photograph, it blew my mind. It felt like I was given access to a secret and mysterious world. Infrared cameras capture light that the human eye can’t detect, and gives us the opportunity to explore a hidden world where everything looks different.

Hidden Light is a collection of 14 photographs, all of them captured with an infrared camera. With this project I wanted to explore how the technology of infrared cameras can transform an otherwise boring and uninspiring place into a beautiful, mysterious and ethereal sphere. The images show that even the dullest surroundings can be interesting and beautiful. The protagonist of the story, a young girl, takes us along as she navigates the intriguing world of infrared light.

My goal is to raise awareness of mental health through my work. «Between Intervals» is a plunge into the darker sides of the human mind, and the images are visual representations of my own experiences with mental illness.

I only photographed myself and my children for this series in order to make the work as honest as possible. The pictures tell about those who are gripped by darkness, isolation and sadness, and about relationships with close family. They tell about the lack of belonging, to live in a separate world that few or no others can enter or understand. It's about the fog that comes creeping, which overpowers and paralyzes, the invisible disease.

Northern Gothic is a collection of self- portraits in addition to a portrait of my own daughter.

The connection between the human mind and nature is a reoccurring theme in my work. I grew up surrounded by the harsh but hauntingly beautiful Norwegian nature and with this body of work I wanted to explore how my surroundings have affected me.

The contrast between the long, cold and dark winters and the midnight sun of the Norwegian summer is strong. There is hardly anything in the middle. The struggles with deep depressions during the winters because of lack of light and the insomnia during the bright summer nights are parts of my upbringing.

The color red is a common thread that binds several of the images together. It represents my bloodline, flesh and roots that interacts with the bleak nordic landscape.

Growing up in the 1990’s I never experienced limitations because of my gender. I took it for granted that I could be whatever I wanted to be. It was not until I got older that I realized that I actually do not have the same possibilities as men. This realization made me aware of the women of the past and their limited rights and possibilities.

I wanted to explore this topic further and created a series of images portraying the dreams of young girls throughout an alternative history. With this project I have created an utopia where male dominance does not exist and women have the exact same opportunities as men. What kind of hopes would young girls have for their future in such a world? The images portrays a young girl imagining herself in occupations that were typically male dominated in the earlier days. The images have an painterly and timeless quality to them, and portray the different occupations in a playful and childlike way. 

I created this series together with my 7 year old daughter, and it has been an educational experience for her. We talked about how women have been, and still are treated different than men. We brainstormed ideas together and she is the model in all of the images. 

The symbolism of flowers has been present in art for centuries. Shakespeare used flowers to convey different emotions in his work, and painters used flowers to convey messages about the subjects in their paintings. Botanics has also played an important role in religious art and rituals, and the meaning of the flower often varies from one religion to another.

With this series I wanted to explore the different symbols each flower represents, and how people, in this case a little girl, interacts with them. I made all the costumes myself, and each dress compliments a specific flower. I painted the «flower dust» with gouache paint, scanned the painting and added it digitally to the image in Photoshop.

In 2013 our family experienced a severe medical trauma with one of our children. In the wake of the trauma, our world was turned upside down. We had to learn to live with the possibility that this might happen again, and we were constantly on the edge. I slowly started to develop a raging anxiety for my children becoming ill or injured.

This body of work is a series of portraits that conveys the fears and the worst possible scenarios my mind created in my darkest moments. The images are surreal and vague, like a glimpse into my racing, illogical thoughts. The model in the images is my son, which makes the work honest and personal.

I finished this work right before the pandemic started. In one of the images the model wears a face mask. Little did I know that wearing a face mask in public would be the new normal, and that one of my biggest fears would become reality just a few months later.