About Tom Hanslien
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Education
1995 - 1998
Kent Institute of Art & Design
1992 - 1994
Nauma Videregående Skole, Namsos, Norway.
1991 - 1992
Nauma Videregående Skole, Namsos, Norway.
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Event: AOP Awards Exhibition 2015.
Dates: 9 Oct 2015 - 11 Oct 2015
The 2015 Awards Exhibition at The Old Truman Brewery between Friday 9 and Sunday 11 October includes a comprehensive programme of events and talks in association withsShootLDN and Photoblock. Talks range from; how to make the leap from stills to moving image, an introduction to social media, selling fine art prints, portfolio reviews, copyright for photographers and starting out as a freelancer.
Event: AOP Open 2013 Online Exhibition
Dates: 21 Oct 2013 - 24 Mar 2014
Online exhibition of finalists of the 2013 Association Of Photographers Open Awards competition.
Event: AOP Open 2013
Dates: 18 Oct 2013 - 20 Oct 2013
Exhibition of finalists of the 2013 Association Of Photographers Open Awards competition.
Event: The Best of Nikon In-Frame
Dates: 10 Sep 2012 - 6 Oct 2012
Selection of the best images from the monthly Nikon In-Frame magazine competition. In conjunction with Alzheimer's Research UK.
Event: British Spirit
Dates: 19 Jul 2012 - 12 Sep 2012
Online exhibition with the theme "British Spirit" in the context of the London 2012 Olympic Games.
Event: Red Dot 2010
Dates: 1 Dec 2010 - 13 Jan 2011
Charity photography auction and exhibition in support of PhotoVoice.
Event: AOP Open 2010
Dates: 17 Aug 2010 - 26 Aug 2010
Exhibition of finalists of the 2010 Association Of Photographers Open Awards competition.
Event: Red Dot 2009
Dates: 2 Dec 2009 - 14 Jan 2010
Charity photography auction and exhibition in support of PhotoVoice.
Event: Red Dot 2008
Dates: 3 Dec 2008 - 15 Jan 2009
Charity photography auction and exhibition in support of PhotoVoice.
Event: AOP Assistant Awards 2008
Dates: 4 Jun 2008 - 14 Jun 2008
Exhibition of finalists of the 2008 Association Of Photographers Assistant Awards competition.
Biography
I will fill your home or workspace with a splash of colour as you travel and explore through my photographs. It's my aim to liven up your home or work-place with my images captured around the world, evoking the urge to go and explore other countries and cultures for yourself. I hope my photographs will ignite a spark of curiosity to explore beyond their current situation and location whether by travelling, researching or both. I want to inspire people to immerse themselves in other cultures and build an understanding of others customs and habits.
I enjoy a big love for travelling - and sharing stories of my impressions of places and cultures trough my colourful images, which not only takes me around the world with many great new images as a result, but as a London-based freelance photographer it's also a continuing source of inspiration which influences and feeds my passion for photography.
With a background that started with drawing and illustration, which in turn lead to graphic design I believe the foundation of the way I compose my captures is very much affected by this. I often look for very graphic compositions with strong or straight lines, large areas of impacting colour, negative space and pushing the boundaries of traditional rules of composition.
There is also a different approach to the way I like capturing my images when it comes to more travel reportage images. Still looking to isolate my subject, either by using shallow focus, leading lines, concentration of light, picking out splashes of colour, and other techniques. Most images are very much as a spectator, fly on the wall if you like - I generally don't like posed images. I feel I get a truer picture when I don't interfere, but also I'm not hiding in the distance with a tele-lens - I like to be close to my subjects in plain sight.
I think my passion for photography was triggered very early when my parents got themselves a new compact camera to take family snaps. I remember one Easter fighting my brother for the use of it and running into the barn of the farm where we were staying for the holidays and taking photos of the sheep. I doubt very much they came out very well, but I distinctly remember the excitement of taking the photos. It also tickled my curiosity when I was given the old mechanical range-finder camera that had stopped working so I could play around with taking it apart, examining all the various parts that made it up.
