Marte Aas is one of seven photographers whose work is presented on the portal Norway - the official site. The photographs have been selected by Preus Museum, Norway's national photography museum. Fragments of a total of 40 photographs are shown in the top field of the portal. If you click on these pictures you will get up information on the photographer and his or her photographs that are shown elsewhere on the portal. The project gives Norwegian photographers an opportunity to show their work to a wide audience all over the world.
Biography:
Marte Aas (1966) studied photography and film at Göteborg University, and has made a name for herself on the Norwegian and Nordic art scene with her photographic representations of everyday life in townscapes and housing areas. She had a solo exhibition in Galleri Wang in 2004. Marte Aas teaches photography at the National Academy of Fine Arts in Oslo.
From the series Common Green, 1999:
Common Green is a series of 12 photographs that examine the interface between the city and nature. What do we do in these areas? How do we use them? What dramas unfold here?
From the series Betwixt and Between, 2004:
Betwixt and Between is a series of 18 photographs of townscapes and housing areas. The photographs document a spatial experience and seek to convey the structures and concepts that surround us in our day-to-day lives.
From the series Walking by, 1999:
Walking by is a series of 7 photographs of people who are walking by, on their way to somewhere or somebody.
From the series Later is Always Different, 2001:
Later is Always Different is a series of 12 photographs of townscapes without people which highlight the particular Scandinavian experience of the proximity of town and city life to nature.
From the series UFO Landscape, 2002:
UFO Landscape is a series of 12 photographs from locations in Norway where UFOs have been observed, and 5 portraits of people who have seen these UFOs.