![]() Did you help set that up in… 1998 was it? Since I’ve known you, you’ve always worked for Bryggeriet. It’s brilliant for me as I can still go away on a couple of trips with my friends, with Pontus (Alv), or whoever and I have a role in that scenario. Obviously I’ve been skating as well, but this has been some kind of way for me to have the opportunity to go on trips in my photo career or whatever you call it. Tom penny sorry mini ramp professional#It’s hard for me to see myself as a professional photographer it’s been a little bit more of a way for me to be a part of skating. It’s been my hobby… You know it’s like skating: it’s something you do and are passionate about outside of your work. My photography has basically been on the sidelines of my normal work since day one. As in, photography is not the way you make a living, is that so? Or at least it feels like it.įor all the years you’ve been shooting I’ve been told you don’t consider yourself a professional photographer. Over the eon of time that Nils has shot photos he knows that looking back we rarely care about the trick but what the memories are for those who were there. But it became a self-fulfilling prophecy. Nils’ work showcasing Malmö was a major part of that. This created an image that Malmö was good for skating (which for a long time it was not!) and therefore attracted people from all over. Nils put in a lot of work showcasing Malmö early on and because he is so great he made it look better than it was. Look at his work over 25 years and try to find a bad picture. Even if he has shot digital for many years now he still has great respect for the shutter.Ĭlosing the shutter means something to him and I think that is why his portfolio is so consistent. To this day I can tell that Nils values photos highly. Nils has a great feel for this and I have many examples of trying a trick and taking the courage to ask Nils to shoot it only to find him climbing down from a roof and saying, ‘I already have it.’ The photographer had to develop a sixth sense to know that he had the picture. This meant that the skater had to trust that the photo was done and good when the photographer said so. Nils’ first endeavours with photography were with analogue film. It is hard to know where Nils stops and the photography starts. It is hard to describe Nils´ work without describing Nils at the same time. Nils is humble and quiet maybe that is why he holds photography so dear? It is his voice, perspective and opinion about the world. Hjalte Halberg, backside tailslide, Copenhagen, 2017 ![]()
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