Is it possible to experience photography physically? FOLD UNFOLD is a self-reflecting project following the end of a relationship and losing loved ones. I am curious about how this affects us on the inside, and if a photograph can show what is invisible to the eye. Can it show what it's like not being able to breathe for then to breathe in and then out again or how the body feels tens for then to unfold, and how it is to hold on to someone and then let go? Can photography capture the invisible lines that stretch through a life cycle?
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
