I’m Sivert Almvik (b. 1981), a street and documentary photographer living in Oslo, Norway.
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A friend told me about a skate crew paddling inflatable boats down the Akerselva. I showed up with a camera and no plan. The photos disappeared into my library. Here is what I found when I went looking.
I set out to make photographs I didn’t want to show anyone. I ended up with photographs I am picking out to print. The first few days followed the manifesto. The rest broke it. That gave me something I didn’t expect.
A manifesto. A dogma.
I was walking through a park on my way to the bus. A frying pan was sitting in the snow next to a tree. Pan, tree, packed snow.
A couple show their love for each other outside Oslo Central Station on a cold February night. In a city where public affection is rare, they didn’t seem to care.
It snowed in Oslo. In February. You’d think that would be normal. It isn’t anymore.