Recently I was interviewed by journalist Malin Ottander for the podcast "Brev till Amerika", about working as a freelance photographer in New York. You can find the podcast by clicking here. (in Swedish) #interview #photographer #photojournalism #inspiration

Ylva came to New York from Borås, Sweden, in 2003 and eventually made her way to "Fashion Institute of Technology" where she graduated with the highest distinction, from a 2 year photography program. The competition in the photography industry in New York proved to be fierce, so when she was offered gig as Uma Thurman’s personal assistant, she said yes. Although it was tough to get enough sleep between her photography and working as a personal assistant it actually helped her

Growing up in Hong Kong Alexander Tsoi got used to have people around him everywhere he went, it became his comfort zone. He started to see interactions between people on the street, small things. Hence his interest in street photography started at a very young age. He moved to the US in 1992. He studied architecture and worked as one for about 6 years. After architecture he was working other jobs, working the midnight shift. He was in a depressing place and photography took

Recently I had a shoot with Ida B Olsson. She is a fitness profile from Sweden that loves a good workout. She is a personal trainer, runners coach, yoga teacher, mom and wife. I took the opportunity to ask her a couple of questions, on how you start off the year right with a healthy outlook and how you get the determination to get in shape. It is the beginning of the year, a time when a lot of people start working out (again). How can they remain motivated to work out through

Thomas grew up in the seventies and eighties in a suburb to Stockholm. At one point he found his dad's old Instamatic camera in the attic and had a lot of fun taking pictures of his brother skateboarding. That led him to buying his first SLR Camera when he was 15. At the same time he also built a simple darkroom in a walk in closet at their home. He was hooked. After 9th grade he managed to get in to a photo school where he graduated in 1985. by then he started to freelance

Robert Caplin is a Manhattan-based photographer originally from Athens, Ohio. He attended Ohio University’s School of Visual Communication and worked his way through internships and landed in NYC after a stint at The New York Times in 2005. He’s been freelancing for editorial and commercial clients worldwide ever since. In 2010 he and his wife Laia founded The Photo Brigade, an online community representing the best of the professional photography industry by promoting and ad

Martin Ahlgren has been making movies since he was a teenager in Sweden with a Hi8 video camera and friends willing to be splattered in ketchup. After studying cinematography at School of Visual Arts in New York he got his start shooting commercials and music videos around the world, for artists like Kanye West, Rolling Stones and Beyoncé. Lately he has returned to longer form storytelling with independent features and television shows, such as House of Cards and Daredevil, a

Eric Thayer grew up in Los Angeles, just east of Downtown, and went to school there for creative writing. He wanted to be a novelist, but sort of fell into photography after a short stint as a reporter at a tiny newspaper in L.A. After Eric left the paper he went back to school at Brooks Institute, and right after he graduated he moved to New York where he has been freelancing for NY Times and Bloomberg among others. When Donald Trump became the President of the United States

Spencer Platt is a photographer based in Brooklyn who covers domestic and international news. He has been with the wire service at Getty Images for about 17 years. Outside of photography he finds that he is moving towards escape from a life in the city. He enjoys riding motorcycles and exploring other parts of the country. He is also a husband and proud father of a daughter. What made you want to be a photographer? I had a close friend growing up in Connecticut who got into n