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Knut Johannes Bry (born 3 October 1946) is a Norwegian
fine-art photographer and
film director.
Bry chose photography as a profession in 1975, when he was 29 years old. He has won a number of photographic awards, among them
Photographer of the Year in the
United States
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in 1986 and in Norway in 1989. He has permanent exhibits at the
Henie-Onstad Art Centre
The Henie Onstad Kunstsenter is an art museum located at Høvikodden in Bærum municipality in Viken county, Norway. It is situated on a headland jutting into the Oslofjord, approximately southwest of Oslo.
History
The artcentre was founded ...
, the
Preus Museum
Preus Museum is the national museum for photography located in Horten, Norway.
Preus Museum was founded in 1976 by Leif Preus and the members of the Preus family as a private museum. The collection was acquired by the Norwegian government in 19 ...
, and
Nord Norske Kunstsamlinger. His work has also been exhibited at
Espace Canon in
Paris
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, in
Norilsk
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, and various museums in Norway. He has published and contributed to several books within photography, fashion, and food.
He was born in
Hovet, Buskerud
Hovet is a mountain village in Hol, Buskerud, Norway.
Hovet is located between Strandavatnet and Hovsfjorden. Hovet is the site of Hovet Chapel (''Hovet kapell''). The church is located in the south-east slope of a hill that shoots out into t ...
,
Norway
Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe, the mainland territory of which comprises the western and northernmost portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen and the ...
.
References
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Norwegian photographers
1946 births
Living people