About me
My name is Tonje Sivertsen, and I am a hobby photographer based in Oslo with a passion for street photography.
I have always been a street roamer, but when I first picked up a camera in 2016, photography was just a natural extension.
I enjoy most kinds of photography, but I favour street photography because it can be done spontaneously, everywhere, and as an integrated part of daily life. I like the idea that every situation is a potential photo opportunity.
When I am roaming the streets with my my camera, my approach is that I am on an adventure, and I am filled with a sense of being alive and in the zone.
I don´t anticipate any particular photo when I go out; I want to be surprised in the same way I want my viewers to be. But at most times I am drawn towards the surprising, the interesting, the absurd and the witty. I am always on the lookout for «The Decisive Moment» - that moment when when all the elements come together and is dissolved in the next, never to be reemerged.
I feel like an «all over the place» street photographer, because I don´t want to restrict myself to any narrow niche. I shoot everything I find visually interesting; sometimes it`s a witty juxtaposition, and sometimes it´s just a scene that I find visually pleasing.
A few of the photographers that inspire me are Henri Cartier-Bresson, Matt Stuart, Pau Buscató, Vivian Maier, Elliot Erwitt, and Jesse Marlow
Prizes and nominations
2024
Paris International Street Photo Awards (PISPA): Gold medal in category Urban speed/Movement
2023
Gothenburg Street Photo Festival: winner of the black and white single photo category, nomination in the colour single photo category
Monovisions Awards: “Honorable mention” in Landscape category
Paris International Street Photo Awards (PISPA): 3rd plaze in the category Urban Love and Honorable Mention in the category Classic street photo
2022
Monovisions Award: Two “honorable mentions” in Street phototgraphy category
Gothenburg Street Photo Festival: Nomination in the black and white single photo category
2021
Monovision Award: “Honorable mention” in the Street phototgraphy category
Contact info and social links
E-mail:tonjesivertsen@hotmail.com