I started taking photographs in 1978 and joined Bekkalokket Photo Club in Bergen, Norway, the same year. After having achieved good results in Bekkalokket’s competitions for many years, in 1987
I started taking part in the national competitions. I am currently ranked as number 3 in the national competitions, which have been held annually since 1930.
I started participating in FIAP approved competitions in 1990 and had my first photo accepted in Latvia that year. I held my first separate exhibition in 2005, and since 2009, I have a permanent exhibition at a public service office in Bergen. In 2014 In was asked by austrheim municipality to have an exhibition connected to 200th anniversary of the Norwegian Constitution. In 2017 my MFIAP collection was exhibited in Jinan in China. I have also have five small exhibitions on the national Preus Photomuseum in Horten. My pictures have been accepted/awarded in 110 different countries all over the world, with a total of 1242 different images.
I have been an elected representative for Bekkalokket Photo Club for 46 years, and in 2002 I was appointed as Honorary Member of Bekkalokket Fotoklubb. I was one of the founders of Stella Polaris Photogroup in 2014, that is an club for photograpers in Scandinavia.
In 1993, I was elected to be a member of the board in NSFF- Norsk Selskap For Fotografi (Norwegian Society of Photography), and all in all in NSFF I have served 26 years as representative, so far 19 years as secretary, 4 years as vice-president and 7 years as president. In addition, I have been NSFF’s web editor for 7 years, and I have been in charge of collecting historical materials and scanning/editing our photo collection of approximately 12.000 photos from 1930 to 2005. In 2007 I was appointed as honorary member of NSFF, and in 2012 I was appointed as honorary president of NSFF.
From 2015 to 2018 I was engaged in FIAP Federation International De L`art Photographique as Director of FIAP Magazine Service. In 2014 i got my MFIAP – Master of Photography, that is given to only 200 people in the world.
And in 2017, I was appointed EsFIAP Eksellense Service rendered to FIAP. In 2022 i reach the higest level; EFIAP- Diamond 3, that means. 200 awards with 50 different works in 10 different countrys.
From 2018 to 2020 engaged as PSA Liaison Officer and Membership director in Photographic Society of America. By 2020, I was elected to be a board member of Pictorial Print Division in PSA. And in 2020, I was appointed APSA, an honor given to people who have done and a lot of administration work for organizations. I reach the Grand Master of Photography i 2021.
In 2015 I was one of the founders in the Nordic Society of Photography, and have been secretary there since then. For my involvement in the Nordic Society of Photography i got in 2018 HonENFFF Honorary Excellence Nordic Society of Photography, in 2020 Excellence service Silver- Suomen Kameraseurojen Lutto (Assosiasjon of Finnish camera clubs), and in 2022 Excellence service Gold – Riksförbundet Svensk Fotografi (Swedish Society of Photography)
I am currently secretary in NSFF- Norsk Selskap For Fotografi (Norwegian Society of Photography), and general secretary in NFFF – Nordic Society of Photography. I am also chairman for Fjord-Bergen Exhibition of Photographic Art, and board member of Pictorial Print Division in PSA, and Director for «Print of the year»
My photographic distinctions: MFIAP, EFIAP/d3, GMPSA, GPSA, GPU-ZEUS, GPU Cru 4
