The Collector

• Photographer
  André Clemetsen, Norway
• Studio
  revolver ltd
• Socials

The Collector, is a poor man who Collect garbage on the beach in
Mumbai. Garbage he will sell in the slum quarter, two earn money
for food. In the background we see the most expensive private
hospital in India. Birds represents the caos and panic, and gives
the image an existential dimension.

• Biography
  André Clemetsen is educated at The Universety of Westminister in London, and is a photographer, filmmaker, musician and writer. Clemetsen began as a fashion photographer for Channel and Ralph Lauren in New York, Paris and London, before changing genres and becoming an art documentary photographer and filmmaker. Since 2008, Clemetsen has set up over 25 exhibitions around the world. He made a tv-series about moder slavery and sex trafficking, and blind people from Nepal in; 2019/20 ("Blinded" with Amalie Snøløs). He wrote screenplay, was director and film-photographer for the project.
• Awards
  André wan 2 Golds for best Children portrait / and best portrait PX3 2018. Silver in 2019 for best Wedding pictures. Winner in State of the World for Loneliness in 2021. Silver for best wedding in 2022. Silver for best nature in 2022. Silver for best nature in 2023 Silver for best wedding in 2023 Winner in State of the World for Grief in 2024. Winner in State of the World for Vietnam 50 years after in 2025.