#Simen Johan

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Simen Johan

Untitled #198. 2019

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Simen Johan

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Simen Johan

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Simen Johan

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Simen Johan, 1973- Norwegian

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Photography is by Simen Johan. It's part of a collection called "Evidence of Things Unseen"~ circa 2000-2003.

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believe it or not, this is art! by simen johan, extraordinary! 💚

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The lawyer confirms: Refuses to explain himself

Marius Borg Høiby has hired a high-profile star lawyer with expertise in criminal law.

The news that Marius Borg Høiby (27) was thrown into solitary confinement on Sunday and held without bail for 30 hours before he was released has hit like a bomb.

According to Se og Hør's sources, the news also hit Skaugum like a bomb.

Crown Princess Mette-Marit (50) was supposed to be in place today during the men's 1,500 final during the Olympics in Paris. Haakon appeared on the stands alone, without Mette-Marit by his side.

According to the Palace's programme, both were listed as attending the Olympics from 6 to 10 August, but Mette-Marit was not listed when the daily program for today was published.

- The Crown Princess has temporarily postponed her departure and hopes to travel down later, writes communications advisor Simen Løvberg Sund.

Has hired a star lawyer

This time, Mette-Marit's cancellation was not due to illness but because she had stayed at home to look after her eldest son.

Now Se og Hør can bring the latest news on the matter. Øyvind Bratlien is hired by Marius Borg Høiby as a lawyer. Øyvind Bratlien is a partner in the Øyvind Bratlien law firm and, according to the website, has specialist expertise in criminal law with experience from severe criminal cases.

Bratlien is previously known for major drug cases. In a statement to Se og Hør, Bratlien says:

- The charge concerns bodily harm, which, according to the law, is the least severe form of violence. Neither my client nor I have been made aware of the full content of the case, nor has he explained himself yet on my advice. There is, therefore, not much I can say now, says Bratlien - and continues:

- It is important that the process is allowed to take its course in the right way and that the media respects my client's need for privacy and tranquillity. The police must be allowed to do their job without the media deciding the facts and culpability. It is possibly the court's task if the case ends there, concludes Øyvind Bratlien to Se og Hør.

Translation and some editing for clarity is done by me of an article by Anders Johan Stavseng for Se og Hør, published August 6, 2024, at 19:24 and last updated 19:33.

Note: This is from a tabloid. No "serious"/"respectable" Nordic newspaper has published anything about this yet.

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Simen Johan (from Evidence of Things Unseen)

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Marie, Johan, Nils, Simen (and Vivian joining the band photo) after a gig in Halden

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Simen Johan

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Simen Johan of Yossi Milo Gallery, Untitled #159 (2010) from the series Until the Kingdom Comes

Conversation between Proof of National Geographic & Simen Johan

PROOF: Your work shares some of the same subjects as traditional nature photography and might even be mistaken for it, but your conceptual approach is very different. Are you influenced by that kind of work?

SIMEN JOHAN: Some of my work emulates traditional nature photography, and there’s some intended irony in that. But there’s also sincerity, because I really do enjoy making beautiful images of nature. Beauty alone, though, doesn’t echo my experience of the world, which is more complex and multilayered, so in my versions of “nature photography” I also incorporate darker qualities.

PROOF: How does your process free you from the constraints of straight nature photography?

SIMEN: A few of my images actually are straight photographs, but because I’m more interested in what the world feels like rather than looks like, it’s rare that I see something that I want to simply photograph and not change at all. When constructing or manipulating images, I’m still limited by whatever raw material I’m able to capture on film, but I have more creative freedom to be imaginative.

PROOF: What are you trying to say that you couldn’t say in a straight photograph?

SIMEN: Nothing, really. I mean, I’m not a conventional photographer, the way a poet or a novelist is not a journalist, or a dramatic filmmaker is not a documentarian. The world as it appears is not enough of what I want to say. I like to create more than I like to observe.

PROOF: Is there a message in your project “Until the Kingdom Comes”? What themes are you playing with?

SIMEN: I work intuitively, and anything I might say about this work is afterthought. I do like to capture the world the way it appears when you look at things deeply and realize that things and situations are not what they appear. The familiar becomes unfamiliar and the boundaries between what’s real and unreal, or what’s beautiful and what’s threatening, begin to blur. The work is multilayered and open-ended, with biblical as well as political references scattered throughout, but ultimately it’s a visceral response that I’m after.

PROOF: What was your work like when you were first starting out as an artist? How has it changed?

SIMEN: I originally studied film, but financial constraints pushed me into photography. Before there was Photoshop, I was staging and collaging images and doing darkroom experimentation with chemicals and such. My technical abilities have evolved, the subject matter has changed from self-portraiture to children to nature, but the core essence of the work has pretty much stayed the same.

PROOF: Do you ever worry that someone who isn’t familiar with your work might mistake it for reality? Has that happened before?

SIMEN: It happens, and I like when it does, because it affirms how deceptive perception is. Reality is an illusion. Meaning is pliable. That being said, I hope there’s an experience to be had beyond the relevance of whether my work is real or not.

PROOF: What do you hope your work makes people think or feel?

SIMEN: I hope they’ll think less and feel more.

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Posted @withrepost • @space_z_space Space Z的首个视觉试验项目，由先锋数码摄影师西蒙·乔安的作品，构成的一段独特的视觉阐述。 The first experiment of Space Z is a narration constructed by a set of fantastic works by @simenjohan. Images ©️ Simen Johan, Courtesy Yossi Milo Gallery, New York Site photographs by Jiang Hao #zengfanzhi #simenjohan #photography #contemporaryart #photographer (at Beijing, China) https://www.instagram.com/p/ClrCxCtrCC9/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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“Untitled #181,” from the series “Until the Kingdom Comes,” 2015.

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Simen Johan