I photograph my dreams and nightmares. The ones that get stuck unless I let them live on in a fictional photographic world. This editorial is based on a nightmare, a dream of being transformed into a fish. It is shot in the mountains of Norway and published in the Norwegian magazine Costume.
Stylist: Maria Fuhre
Model: Mina - Heartbreak Management
Makeup: Jens Wiker
Signe Fuglesteg Luksengard (1990) is a visual storyteller working in the intersection between fact and fiction. She grew up in a small village close to the mountains of southern Norway, but is now based in Oslo.
Today she works with long-time personal projects as well as work for magazines, newspapers, artists and others. In her personal works she is curious on the issue of home and the sense of belonging.
Awards Grants / Nominations:
2021: Photobook winner, Belfast Photofestival, Ireland
2020: Nominated, Open class, Picture of the year, Norway
2019: Honorable mention, Book, Self Published, IPA
2019: Honorable mention, Editorial / Press - Contemporary Issue, IPA
2019: Rencontres d’Arles, Author Book Award, France
2019: Plat(t)form Winterthur, Sveits (invited artist)
2019: Photo of the year, local newspapers, Norway
2019: Silver - Fashion/Beauty - Gullsnitt, Norway
2018: Photo of the year, local newspaper, Norway
2018: 3.place Documentary Norway - Picture of the year, Norway
2017: Bronze - Fashion/Beauty - Gullsnitt, Norway
2015: Silver and bronze - Fashion/Beauty - Gullsnitt, Norway
2014: Newcomer of the year - Oslo Trendfilm, Norway
