Søren Solkær Denmark, b. 1969

Lives and works in COPENHAGEN, DENMARK

Søren Solkær is a Danish photographer born in 1969. After a degree in Nordic Literature he graduated from FAMU the Photography and Film Academy in Prague in 1995. For the past 25 years, Søren has travelled extensively as part of undertaking artistic projects and portraits of artist from the world of music, film, literature and the visual arts. He is best known for his iconic portraits of artists such as Bjork, Paul McCartney, Amy Winehouse, Patti Smith, Pharrell Williams, Samuel L. Jackson and David Lynch.

Søren Solkær’s photography is largely characterised by its position between soul, intimacy and visual edge. His primary inspiration comes from film and painting. His portraits are often regarded as cinematic in tone with a distinctive colour palette. His work has been exhibited in museums and galleries globally and has been acquired by numerous public and private collections.

In Solkær's latest art project, Black Sun, the artist leaves portraiture behind as he returns to the landscape of his childhood and youth in Southern Denmark. For five years he photographed the large starling murmurations that take place by the Wadden Sea in the marshlands of Southern Denmark every spring and fall, prior to their migration. Here they create one of nature’s most spectacular phenomena. He then extends the territory of his photographic investigation for the following three years to include Rome, the Netherlands, Glastonbury, Ireland and Catalonia.