Two Oslo bookshop owners choose to go delivery-only to keep their business afloat at the start of lockdown.
Pil Cappelen Smith and Anders Cappelen deliver books wearing full hazmat suits and gas masks in order to raise local awareness of the seriousness of the situation. But as the global crisis worsens, they embark on one last delivery run before deciding to shut up shop completely.
Published on The Guardian’s website.
In november Per Christian Selmer-Andersen and I went to Eastern Ukraine to meet the people who, for six years, have lived along the front line of Europe’s longest lasting war.
We met soldiers, factory workers and young people who dream of a future without war.
The full story was published on print in the march issue of Aftenposten Innsikt.
The last decade with small and big events around the globe. And a change for me as a photographer going from a news and sports photographer, to working with independent projects and stories.
House occupants at Hausmania in Oslo makes a fire in Hausmannsgate throws fireworks at the police. The police responds with tear gas.
Russian ski jumper Pavel Karelin during the World Cup in Oslo.
A fearless diver jumps off the 10 meter board at Frognerbadet, Oslo, during the World Cup in “døds”.
Spanish and Dutch supporters during the 2010 World Cup Final in football. Spain won 1-0.
Burglers broke into Enger Juveler using explosives.
Maria Amelie with her boyfriend Eyvind Trædal outside the Police Immigration Service. She has to appear every morning before being sent back to Russia.
Between snow covered trees, the 30km pursuit race during the 2011 Skiing World Cup.
Supporters cheer on Marit Bjørnen during the 30km race.
Blood streams down Gary Boulden’s face during a boxing match in Herning, Denmark.
Wenche Foss’ funeral in Oslo Cathedral. Her grandchildren Christian August and Fabian Emil Stang lay flowers on her coffin.
Magitian Inge Widar Svingen (62) also known as Benifax.
Hiroki Sugihara cheers with a Norwegian slag at Myrdal station after riding Flåmsbana in Sogn og Fjordane.
Chaos moments after the powerful bomb exploded in front of the Government Quarter in Oslo. The first police officer at the scene cleared the area for photographers and pedestrians as dead and injured people were treated by first responders.
It’s almost midnight. The island of Utøya looks peaceful from a distance, but it’s a crime scene where 69 people where shot and killed by Anders Behring Breivik.
Kari Anne Ruud (66) and Kjell Ruud (68) are some of Utøya’s closest neighbors. After the previous day’s death toll was known, the couple raised the flag at half mast.
Terrorist Anders Behring Breivik transported to Oslo District Court.
As the days went by after the terrorist attacks, the sea of flowers grew outside the Oslo Cathedral.
Rasmus was awarded the title of Norway’s most beautiful cat by the newspaper Verdens Gang.
Peace price winner and democracy fighter Aung San Suu Kyi after speaking to a large audience in Mandalay, Myanmar.
Ari Behns artist dream of having a cluttered studio like Francis bacon was realised in this photo.
From the series “Jesus lives in Siberia”. Deep inside the Siberian tundra, former traffic police officer Sergej claims to be Jesus is followed by 4000 people.
FBI investigators search every inch of the Boston marathon finish line after the bombing.
Meanwhile, a massive manhunt is going on to find the suspects.
From the series “the young fighters”. Children as young as 8 years old are recruited as soldiers at the Cossack Youth Military camp in Ukraine.
301 people were killed in a mining accident in Soma, Turkey. During the funeral of 35 year old Ilyas Yildirim his family mourned.
Several people evacuated as their homes were hit by a flood when the Trysil river went over its own banks.
Demonstration against racism and for female rights in New Delhi.
A sea of flowers grew outside the Dutch embassy in Kiev after Malaysian Airways flight 17 was shot down and crashed in Ukraine.
The tail fin of Malaysian Airways flight 14 in a field in the Donbas region of Ukraine.
Local miners searches huge areas for wreckage of MH17.
Jamal prays on the roof of his bombed house in Gaza.
The family Harara has a three story house with four apartments. One of them is completely destroyed by the war in Gaza in 2014. Each night the children cover up the destroyed wall so that they are able to sleep.
A woman goes to creative measures during violent demonstrations in Athens, Greece.
Norwegian Prime minister Erna Solberg on election tour in Lofoten. She wasn't shy when there were photo-ops.
The residents of Debaltseve, Ukraine, gather before the opening of a brand new supermarket.
Soldiers on their way to the front line outside of Debaltseve, Eastern-Ukraine.
Erna Solberg and Sindre Sinnes celebrate 20 years of marriage on Hafjell, Norway.
Eight year old Kobra Suyá lives in the Amazon rainforest. Since 1950 18 percent of the rainforest has been destroyed.
Every morning before sunrise, the village wakes of and starts the day with a bath in the fresh water lake. Despite pirañas.
Youths at Haugenstua, Oslo.
During the bastille day celebrations in Nice, France, Mohamed Lahouaiej Bohlel stole a truck and hit several people. The next day, the truck was seen with bullet holes after the police stopped him. 86 people lost their lives.
The promenade in Nice opened again after the deadly terror attack.
Relatives mourn after a gunman killed nine people at a restaurant in München, Germany.
21-year-old Ashleigh Jones has been called a troll. But according to herself, she just has strong opinions.
In the small mining village Freeland, Pennsylvania, many wanted Donald Trump to winn the 2016 election.
SKAM-creator Julie Andem for the New York Times.
Actor Jakob Oftebro for Aftenposten.
Reactions from the Labour Party as the first election results came in during the 2017 general election. They lost the election.
Ole Gunnar Solskjær for Verdens Gang.
SKAM-actor Josefine Frida Pettersen for A-magasinet.
In Donetsk, Ukraine, people celebrate victory day, the day when Nazi-Germany surrendered during the second world war.
85-year old Maria Ivanova has lived in a bomb shelter for four years. Every night she hears bombshells. She refuses to leave Donetsk.
Illegal oil business in Nigeria.
Demonstrations in Gaza.
After 5 years and 13.000 dead, there still doesn’t seem to be a end to the war in eastern Ukraine.
Windmill-blades are transported in Flekkefjord, Norway. The blades are 70 meters long.
8 years after the July 22nd bombing of the Government Quarters in Oslo.
Police fights protesters with tear gas fill the streets of Hong Kong.
Daniel Lee (38) has managed an independent bookstore in Hong Kong since he was in his mid twenties. Then his colleagues started disappearing.
– Free Hong Kong, Free Hong Kong, Lee shouts.
Hong Kong's busiest shopping district is being filled by young people with knee pads, face masks, black pants and jackets. In their belt they have gas masks in case of tear gas. They hold umbrellas to protect themselves from surveillance cameras and face recognition. In the midst of the growing crowd, bookstore manager Daniel Lee walks with a poster with Chinese flag is shaped into a crosshair.
Lee is only 38 years old, but here among the hordes of teenagers and students, he is already a senior. Some of the masked youths suddenly run out of the demonstration to write anti-Chinese slogans on a subway entry. Others break up pieces of construction, tear down fences or break traffic lights. The stores around us are pulling down the grids. The malls are closing. Soon, police will barricade the streets, use water cannons at protesters and shoot tear gas. The youngsters will respond with molotov cocktails and bricks. Since the first demonstration on June 9, 2019, this has become a regular weekend activity in Hong Kong.
– I've been to almost all the demonstrations since June 9, Daniel Lee states.
Then it was a protest against a new extradition agreement with prisoners with China, which the bookseller felt directly threatened by. Daniel Lee sells political books, and was afraid it could be dangerous to be in the freedom of speech industry when Hong Kong can send political prisoners to the People's Republic of
– We would never stand at the front line, but now the front line has come to the bookstores, Daniel Lee, states.
The full story written by Per Christian Selmer-Anderssen is out in Dagbladet Magasinet.
