Composing a really great photograph, can be the same as composing a great melody
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Portrait by Morten Krogvold
Born in 1965 and raised on the west coast of Norway, 30 min drive North of Bergen on an island called Holsnøy. I have always been fascinated by the nature and what’s living in it.
For the last decades, I have travelled around the world with my camera, from the Arctic in the North to Antarctica in the South.
After several workshops with my mentor Morten Krogvold, I started to get more involved in fine art photography and black and white images.
“Great filmmakers portray silence with sound. A next inaudible church bell, the faint sound of a sheep's bell or a muffled cry of birds, emphasises the silence. In Wilfred's pictures, I sense the sound of ice in motion, wind or just the sound of a bird in flight
Wilfred’s photographs have an almost meditative feel that approaches poetry.” Morten Krogvold
“Wilfred’s work transmits loneliness, fragile environment, light, the minimalism and the mystery of landscape.” Ralph Gibson
The urge to create something, use my creativity and communicate something to other people. Photographers like Salgado, Kenna and Adams are my sources of inspiration.
I have to express my passion.
I want to create.
Landscapes by Wilfred Wessel
My main photographic inspiration is Michael Kenna, Ansel Adams and Sebastiao Salgado. Back home here in Norway, Morten Krogvold is my mentor and inspirator. He is one of the best photographers in Norway, no question.
Five minutes with Wilfred Wessel
When I travel, there is of course a lot of preparation. But when I shoot, it all happens on intuition. Sometimes when I plan to much, I rarely get the image that I hope for.
Sony World Photography Awards 2014
2nd Place, Wilfred Berthelsen, Norway
Black and White - Spider Awards
Judged by the most respected names in photography
Fine Art
Black and White - Spider Awards
Judged by the most respected names in photography
Portrait
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