EL FOTÓGRAFO NORUEGO SØLVE SUNDSBØ HA SIDO SELECCIONADO PARA FOTOGRAFIAR EL CALENDARIO PIRELLI 2026. LA NATURALEZA SERÁ UN ELEMENTO CENTRAL EN LA PRÓXIMA EDICIÓN DE THE CAL™, QUE SE ESTÁ FOTOGRAFIANDO ACTUALMENTE EN LONDRES Y SE PRESENTARÁ EN PRAGA EN NOVIEMBRE.
Sundsbø comentó:
“Estoy encantado de formar parte del Calendario Pirelli; es un sueño que he tenido durante mucho tiempo, y me siento honrado de seguir los pasos de los increíbles fotógrafos que han participado en el proyecto anteriormente. Con el Calendario 2026, quiero transportar a la gente a un mundo inesperado: un mundo que transmite poesía, sensualidad y misterio íntimo. Es un reflejo de mi profundo vínculo con la naturaleza, mi curiosidad, mi asombro y mi capacidad narrativa. Estoy emocionado de que todos vean lo que he creado”.
Biography Sølve Sundsbø
Sølve Sundsbø has established himself as one of the world’s leading image makers. He has shot some of the most memorable and arresting images of recent years and has garnered respect for his uncompromising vision and otherworldly concepts, which often question viewers’ perceptions of reality and has pushed the evolving fashion language beyond the still image. Sundsbø is celebrated for his versatility, both in his open-mindedness towards new technologies, from 3-D scanning to hand-painted retouching, and in the breadth of his style.
Born in Norway in 1970, he came to London in 1995 to study photography at the London College of Printing. Whilst he still lives in London along with his wife and four children, his native country continues to inspire him, and the influence of clean, natural Norwegian aesthetics can be viewed in many of his pictures.
His commercial collaborations have resulted in iconic images and films created for major fashion and beauty brands, including Bulgari, Cartier, Chanel, Estée Lauder, Giorgio Armani, Gucci, Guerlain, Hermès, Lancôme, Louis Vuitton, Narciso Rodriguez, Prada, Thierry Mugler and Tom Ford.
Sundsbø is passionate about seeing his work in the context of magazines and has shot a variety of pioneering editorials and covers. He contributes regularly to Harper’s Bazaar Italia, i-D, Love, The New York Times Magazine, Numéro, Perfect, Re-Edition, V, Vogue Italia, and W.
In 2011, his NY Times piece “14 Actor’s Acting” won an Emmy Award in the category ‘New Approaches to News & Documentary Programming: Arts, Lifestyle and Culture’ at the 32nd Annual News & Documentary Emmy Awards. In collaboration with W, he created and exhibited an oversized 50 ft tall multi-screen film installation “The Ever Changing Face of Beauty”(2012), a surrealist and ethereal piece that integrates both the natural and technologically vivid elements of Sundsbø’s filmmaking.
He has also created artwork for numerous album covers, most notably for Coldplay’s “A Rush of Blood to the Head”, which was later immortalized as a Royal Mail stamp honoring the most iconic British album sleeve covers.
His work has been exhibited worldwide, in group shows and solo exhibitions such as “Beyond the Still Image” (2018) at Milan’s Palazzo Reale. Sundsbø also received praise for his images of the Alexander McQueen archive shot for the catalogue of the celebrated “Alexander McQueen: Savage Beauty” retrospective at the Metropolitan Museum of Art (2011).
Today, Sundsbø continues to push the boundaries of image-making, working across a range of platforms from photography to fashion film, while constantly uniting traditional, old-fashioned techniques with pioneering technologies. His artwork has been included in auctions by Phillips De Pury and is held in the permanent collection of the National Portrait Gallery, London.
- “The Face Magazine: Culture Shift” National Portrait Gallery, London, February 2025
- “Stephen Jones, chapeaux d’artiste” Palais Galleria, Paris, October 2024
- “Beyond Fashion”, Saatchi Gallery, London, May 2024
- “Iris van Herpen: Sculpting the Senses” Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris, December 2023
- “Shocking! The Surreal World of Elsa Schiaparelli”, Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris July 2022
- “Dior Hats! The art of hats from Christian Dior to Stephen Jones” Musee Christian Dior, Granville, May 2022
- “Nordic Spring” Picture This gallery, Stockholm, Sweden March 2022
- “Beyond the Still Image” Photo Vogue Festival, solo exhibition Palazzo Reale, Milan, November 2018
- “Sølve Sundsbø pour Numéro”, solo exhibition Studio des Acacias, Paris, December 2017
- “Art + Commerce: The Exhibition”, Skylight Modern, New York, September 2017
- “A Constant Journey into the Future”, solo exhibition Uncontaminated: Oslo Fashion Art Festival, Oslo, 2015
- “Birds of Paradise” Momu, Atwerp, Belgium, 2014
- “The Wonder of Birds” Norwich Castle Museum, UK, 2014
- “Rosie and 21 Men” Solo exhibition Shoot Gallery, Oslo, Norway, October 2013
- “Culture Chanel” Guangzhou Opera House, China 2013
- “The Fashion World of Jean Paul Gaultier” traveling exhibition 2011- 2016
- “Coming into Fashion” traveling exhibition 2012 – 2016
- “Mannequin – le corps de la Mode” Rencontres D’Arles/ Palais Galleria, Paris 2013
- “Stockholm New” Thielska Galleriet, Stockholm 2013
- “20 Years of Dazed and Confused Magazine” Somerset House, London, 2011 – 2012
- “Pictures from Savage Beauty” Solo exhibition, Gun Gallery, Stockholm Sweden, 2011
- “Harper’s Bazaar: A Decade of Style” International Centre of Photography, New York, 2011 – 2012
- “Weird Beauty” International Centre of Photography, New York, 2009
- “Twiggy: A Life in Photographs” National Portrait Gallery, London 2009
- “MAOTY”, Martell Award of the Year, Solo exhibition, Beijing, China 2009
- “Perroquets”, Solo exhibition, Colette, Paris, 2008
- “Perroquets”, Solo exhibition, Gun Gallery, Stockholm, 2008
- “Fashion in Motion”, Contemporary Arts museum, Beijing, 2008
- “Saturated” Solo exhibition, Spring Projects, London, 2008
- “Case Study: Art and Commerce” Oslo, 2007
- “After Munch” Pollock Fine Art, London UK, June 2006
- ”Fotoseptimbre”, Mexico City, 2005
- “Perfume, Aesthetics & Seduction” Museum für Kunst und Gewebe, Hamburg, 2005
- “Making Differences”, Stockholm, 2004
- “Unit F Buro fur Mode”, Vienna, November 2003
- “International Festival of Fashion” Solo exhibition, Hyeres, Spring 2003
- “Biennale Florence” – contribution with Alexander McQueen
- “Archeology of Elegance – 20 years of Fashion Photography” Hamburg & Paris, April 2002
- “Fashion Images de la Mode” Proud Gallery, October 2001
- “Tomorrow is Today”, Centre National de la Photographie, Paris, January 2001
- “Kobe”– International Festival of Fashion Photography, Autumn 2000
- “Now”– FÄRGFABRIKEN – Center for Contemporary Art and Architecture, Stockholm Sweden, Winter 1999
- Chosen as Fashion Photographer by “Creative Review” for their “Creative Futures” exhibition, Autumn 1999
- Voted best newcomer at the “International Festival of Fashion” Hyeres, Spring 1999
Special Projects
- “Trinfinity” film commissioned for Cartier’s “Imagine Infinite Circles” exhibition celebrating the Trinity Centenary, Shanghai and Singapore 2024
- “GILESSOLVEKATIE” book published in 2017 celebrating the work between Giles Deacon, Sølve Sundsbø and Katie Grand
- Film commissioned by Bosideng for their fashion show, Milan, September 2019
- “British Columbia” for Fashion Eye, Louis Vuitton Editions, November 2017
- “Erdem X” Limited Edition Portfolio celebrating Erdem’s 10 year Anniversary, 2015
- “Ever Changing Face of Beauty” Film installation commissioned by W Magazine & P&G Prestige exhibited during NY Fashion Week at The Armory, 2012
- “Alexander McQueen: Savage Beauty” commissioned to shoot the catalogue published to coincide with the exhibition at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2011
- “Rôses by…” beauty film commissioned by Lancôme, 2011
- NY Times Great Performers Portfolio, “14 Actors”, 2010 – Awarded an Emmy at the 32nd Annual News & Documentary Emmy Awards, 2011
- “Perroquet” video installation for SHOWstudio shown at Colette, Paris 2008
- “Freestyle” video installation for SHOWstudio/Nike shown at the Art Basel art fair, 2008
- Launch of Nike Zvezdochka Sneaker designed by Marc Newson, 3d Animation film, 2004
