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Black birds, and some white
I like images that are graphic. Contrasts are often an important element in the images. Dark birds, or completely black, can be a perfect element in an image to form a focal point, or to contrast with something else. And of course, conversely, a very light bird can...
2024 – fun and unexpected events
2024 – the year I intended to take things easy with photo events and instead recharge my energy. How did that go? I still managed four exhibitions, my books earned three awards, and my images picked up four more. Even more unexpected was that I also found time to...
2 photo books – 8 + 27 awards
18 september my photo book Shinrin-yoku was awarded at International Photography Awards 2024! That means that in total my two photo books received 8 awards and the images in the books has gotten a total of 27 awards (for 23 images). A fantastic honor to get so much...
Ubuntu Magazine #10
Ubuntu Magazine raises awareness on nature conservation issues and projects. They stand for a better understanding of what’s happening on the frontlines of conservation globally. I'm very pleased to say that I'm part of their latest issue, with a story about our...
Summer exhibition – Ugandan portraits
A magical journey started in the southwest corner of Uganda, where Mount Mgahinga is one of the mist covered Virunga mountains. We travelled upwards, following Uganda's west border, stopping at various national parks and nature reserves. We had close encounters...
Niklas Storm double awarded in London
At London Photography Awards 2024 Niklas Storm was awarded two honorable mentions for the images Lookout and White collar. Both prizes was won in the Black & White Photography – Nature category.
Wall of dark art
Do you like dark art, giving moods and emotions? Images that can be viewed for a long time, giving the possibility to find new things to see? One or several of my photographic artworks from the shop may be just right! Almost all of them are available for online...
The photographers – the story behind
2018 I felt the need for new challenges in my photography, so I enlisted for a workshop. Summer 2019 I went to the Shetlands for a 5 day workshop with Mats Andersson and some fellow photographers. It turned into an exciting week where my ideas about image creation...
2024 starts with a silver in Tokyo
2024 starts off well, with a silver at Tokyo International Foto Awards 2023! My book Shinrin-yoku got a silver in the category Book-Nature. Buy the book...
2023 – a fabulous photography year!
The photography year 2023 of Niklas Storm, a year that delivered a new book (Shinrin-yoku), exhibitions, artist talks and of course, many new images.
Photo book Shinrin-yoky awarded bronze in Budapest
My photo book Shinrin-yoku was awarded a bronze in the category Book/Nature at Budapest International Foto Awards 2023. Along with the so far 15 images from the book that has been awarded in competitions, it must now be consided a highly merited photo book. The...
Awarded at New York Photography Awards 2023
My image Synapses was awarded a silver at New York Photography Awards 2023, in the category Black & White - Drone. The image is part of my latest book Shinrin-yoku. In the same photo competition, my image Imagine was awarded an Honorable Mention in the category...
Shinrin-yoku in Fotosidan magasin 6-23
Images from the photo project Shinrin-yoku is on the cover and inside Fotosidan magasin nr 6-23 .
Niklas Storm awarded at European Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2023
European Wildlife Photographer of the Year is one of the major nature photography competitions in the world. The competition is arranged by GDT (Gesellschaft für Naturfotografie), Germany's largest association for nature photographers. At the 2023 competition,...
Niklas Storm releases photo book Shinrin-yoku
In a world that gets harder and harder and where we the last couple of years have endured several global crises like the pandemic, financial issues and where climate- and environmental issues are probably the most severe of them all it has become more and more...
Messy mood awarded at MonoVisions Awards 2023
The image Messy Mood was awarded an Honorable Mention at MonoVisions Awards 2023. The image is available as Fine Art Print in the shop.
Fine Art Print
I sell my images as Fine Art Prints. What does that mean? I do my prints myself, through my company FOTOverket. All my prints are signed and numbered, in limited editions.
ICM – Intentional Camera Movement
To capture a place, just as it is usually is quite straightforward. To create an image that conveys a feeling is often harder. To create something that maybe isn’t there, but rather a fiction can be even trickier, especially if you still want it to look “real”.
ICM, Intentional Camera Movement is one of many techniques that can be used.
2022 – my photography year
2022, a year that has carried so much fun and successes for my photography. Here's a summary! Uganda Sound, smell, color. Feelings and memories that define a place. But of course, also the images you bring home, especially if you're a photographer! My big journey...
Spring walk
The peacock butterfly has been awakened by the warm rays of the spring sun and flutters around in the April evening. On a birch, it shares abundantly flowing sap with ants and flies. As long as I keep my lens at a reasonable distance, it stays put.