Fine Art 1st place winner

My goal is to raise awareness of mental health through my work. I consider my photography to be a plunge into the darker sides of the human mind, and many of my images are visual representations of conditions associated with mental illness. The series "Between Intervals" tell about those who are gripped by darkness, isolation and sadness, and about relationships with close family. They tell about the lack of belonging, to live in a separate world that few or no others can enter or understand. It's about the fog that comes creeping, which overpowers and paralyzes, the invisible disease.

My name is Maren Klemp and I am a fine art photographer living and working in Oslo, Norway. I studied fine art photography under professor Robert Meyer at Robert Meyer Kunsthøgskole in Oslo, and I have many years of experience in the field of fine art photography. I mostly use myself and my children as models, which makes my photography honest and true.

Artist statement

My goal is to raise awareness of mental health through my work. I consider my photography to be a plunge into the darker sides of the human mind, and many of my images are visual representations of conditions associated with mental illness. The pictures tell about those who are gripped by darkness, isolation and sadness, and about relationships with close family. They tell about the lack of belonging, to live in a separate world that few or no others understand.

Exhibitions

2016: Group-exhibition, ImageNation, Espace Des Arts Sans Frontierès, Paris

2015: Group-exhibition, Cafe Årstidene, Oslo

2014: Solo-exhibition, Galleri Gamle Oslo

Awards

2016: Nominated for the Prix Pictet Awards

2016: 1st place in Fine Art - Portrait category in the 2016 International Photography Awards

2016: 1st place in Self-Portrait category in the 2016 Tokyo International