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 Bibliography. Published Books. "Wop Bam Boom," Torkil Gudnason Studio, 2017, "Body Vase", Damiani  Press, 2013, "Torkil Gudnason - Selected Photographs 2005-2010", North8Editions, 2010, USA, "Hot House", Torkil Gudnason Studio, 2010, USA Articles / Featured in Books. "Cover Profile" Advertising Technique. No 8 (Dec. 1980) p. 1 & p. 6-8 "Cover Story" Commercial Photo. Japan No. 217 (Aug. 1981) p. 1 & p. 35-56 "New Talent" Art Direction Magazine (Apr. 1983) p. 11-14 "From Silk to Marble" with Colette. Kunstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin (1985) (27 plates in color) "Whats new Portfolio" Adweek 27, No.9 (Feb. 24, 1986) p. 48 "Cube Root" Advertising Technique (Mar. 1986) p. 14-19 "The Art of Persuasion" by Robert  A. Sobiezek, Harry Abrams, NY (Mar. 1988) p. 188 (plate 146) "Collection Images" Special issue of Kodak's International Photography Magazine (Sep. 1992) p. 34 "Cover -profile" Foto & Film, Denmark (nr.7/8, Aug. 1992) p. 16-21 "Color of Fashion" Published by Stewart, Tabori & Chang, Inc. NY (Dec. 1993) p. 68, 186 "Organic Series" Blind Spot, New Photography. Premiere issue, NY (Jan. 1993) "Idea Mag." T.Gudnason, photogr., Intl Adv. Art, Japan (Feb. 1993 #237) p. 76-82 "Moschino" Leonardo Arte, Italy, (Oct. 1997) p. 43, 72 "Wildness" Dolce & Gabbana, Italy (Nov. 1998) p. 132-133 "Mode;Models" Hiro Ikeda, Publisher, Tokyo, Japan  (Sep. 1998) p. 38-41 "Manolo Blahnik" HarperCollins (Aug. 2000) p. 86 "Masterminds of Mode" Hiro Ikeda, Publisher, Tokyo, Japan (Feb. 2000) p. 45 "Beaute du Siecle" Editions Assouline, Paris (Mar. 2000) p. 283, 297, 322 "Graphis - The Int. Journal of Design and Communication", #342, NY (Nov./Dec. 2002), p. 66-87, "Graphis Photo Annual 2004", 2004, p. 39, "Beauty in Vogue" Ediciones Conde Nast S.A., 2006, 'Golden Torso', "Pucci" Benedikt Taschen, Taschen, Limited Edition of 10,000 copies, Italy, 2010, p. 182-183 + 374-375 "American Photography 27", USA, 2011, Front Cover & Back Cover + p. 124-125 "Motefotografi - Tradisjon  og Nyskapning" Preus Museum - national museum of photography in Norway, 2012, p. 64-71,