# Torkil Gudnason

Torkil Gudnason (born in Denmark) is a New York based fashion photographer.

## Biography

A native of Denmark, Gudnason approaches photography with a simple, graphic, Scandinavian sensibility. He prefers shooting in color to play hues off of each other. When asked to list five things he couldn't live without as a photographer, his characteristically succinct answer was: "Light, light, light, light and more light."

## Career

Gudnason has shot fashion stories for Vogue, Tatler, Harper's Bazaar, Elle, Flaunt, Allure, Marie Claire, Paper, Dansk, Surface, Vanity Fair. Gudnason has contributed to the image development of Estée Lauder, Guerlain, Elizabeth Arden, L'Oréal, Lancôme, Piaget, MAC Cosmetics, Bergdorf Goodman, Montblanc, Lexus, Rolex, Huit, Givenchy, Shiseido, Armani. Celebrity subjects have most famously included Catherine Zeta-Jones, Beyoncé, Liv Tyler, Miloš Forman, Rosario Dawson, Diane Kruger, Isaac Mizrahi, Lars von Trier, Andie MacDowell. André 3000 (OutKast), Björk, Sean Lennon, Gong Li, Udo Kier, Mikhail Baryshnikov, Christian Lacroix, Bette Midler, Sharon Stone, Jamie King, Andrée Putman, and models such as Claudia Schiffer, Naomi Campbell, Elizabeth Hurley, Christy Turlington, and Kate Moss.

## Exhibitions

Personal Structures: Open Borders, Venice Biennale, Venice, Italy, 2017
Status:15, Danmarks Fotomuseum, Denmark, 2016
Viborg Kunsthal, Viborg, Denmark, 2014
Torkil Gudnason, Galerie Gris, Hudson, NY, 2014
Body Vase, Galerie A, Paris, France, 2013
The Naked & The Nude, Curated by Peter Weiermair, Hasted Kraeutler Gallery, New York, 2013
Electric Blossom, Edelman Arts, New York, NY 2012
Electric Blossom, Galerie Gris, Hudson, NY 2012
Fashion Photography – Tradition and Invention, Preus – national museum of photography in Norway, Horten, Norway, 2012
Hot House, Ports 1961 Gallery, New York, NY, 2009
Dreamwomen - Beauty in the 21st century, Deichtorhallen Hamburg, GERMANY, 2008
Torkil Gudnason exhibition, MA2 Gallery, Tokyo, JAPAN, 2007
Natural Elements, Part II, Bridgewater/Lustberg & Blumenfeld, New York, NY, 2000
A Big Show of Small Work, Bridgewater/Lustberg & Blumenfeld, New York, NY, 1998+1999
Organics, Bridgewater/Lustberg, New York, NY, 1996
Natural Elements, Bridgewater/Lustberg, New York, NY, 1994
Permanent Collection, Photo Museum Odense, DENMARK, 1994
Permanent Collection, MoMA, Wakayama, JAPAN, 1993
Organic Elements, Charlottenborg Academy of Fine Arts, Copenhagen, DENMARK, 1993
Organic Series, Reykavil Municipal Art Museum, Reykavil, ICELAND, 1992
The Colors of Fashion, Arcade Gallery, FIT, New York, NY, 1992
Faculty Show, Center for Photography at Woodstock, Woodstock, NY, 1990
Art of Persuasion, International Center of Photography (ICP), New York, NY, 1988
Photography for Advertising, George Eastman House, Rochester, NY, 1987

## Awards

Certificate of Excellence, American Photography, Men's Journal, January 1995
Northwest Addy Award, Merit, Nike for Wieden+Kennedy, 1994
Award of Excellence., Society of Newspaper Design, Washington Post Magazine, December 1994
MPA Kelly Award. Magazine Publishers of America, October 1993
PDN/Nikon, 1st Prize, Art Directors Club. New York, October 1991
Award of Excellence. Photography Annual by Communication Arts Mag. California, August 1991
Creativity Eighty; Editorial for GQ, New York, August 1980
Ilford. Golden Release. 1st Prize. Denmark, 1976
Europhot Youth Scholarship, Foundation Maeght, St Paul de Vence, France, 1973