SIMON HØGSBERG

Photographic projects, radio pieces
and magazine features.
 
The joy of looking at people
Føtex-projektet
The joy of looking at people A photographic project made outside a Føtex supermarket in Copenhagen. The work focuses on people passing the same public place over time.
 
The Grocery Store Project
The Grocery Store Project
2067 images of connectedness A photographic project based on 97,000 photographs taken outside a supermarket in Copenhagen. The final work presents 2,067 images of people who were photographed repeatedly at the same location.
 
Spirit is higher
Spirit is Higher
One woman, no knees, and a mountain that must be conquered A photographic story about Anette, a woman born without knees and elbows, and her attempt to climb Sweden’s highest mountain.
Free advice by Simon Høgsberg
Free Advice
One week, 50 people, free advice about everything + coffee A project made on a street corner in Copenhagen, where Simon Høgsberg offered free advice and coffee to people passing by. The project consists of portraits and conversations with 50 people.
 
We are all gonna die
We're All Gonna Die
100 meters of human existence A 100-meter-long photographic work made in Berlin. The project presents people photographed at the same location and arranged as one continuous image.
 
Laborious Romance
A Laborious Romance
A story from Berlin about art and dating A story from Berlin about an art project involving dating, performance and collaboration between two artists.
Dance, dance, dance
Dance Dance Dance
Photos from a Swedish dance camp A photographic project from a dance camp in Sweden.
 
The tower of babel project
The Tower of Babel
15 images from the city of glass A photographic project inspired by the novel 'City of Glass' by Paul Auster.
 
Faces of New York
Faces of New York
10 New Yorkers talk about their faces A portrait project in which 10 people in New York talk about their faces.
Copenhagen Istanbul on a bike
Copenhagen / Istanbul
Notes from a bike ride through a continent of kindness Notes and photographs from a bicycle journey from Copenhagen to Istanbul.
 
Professional fury
Professional Fury
Four days on the road with Denmark's leading heavy metal band A photographic report from four days on the road with Danish heavy metal band HateSphere.
 
The low fat diaries
The Low-Fat Diaries
A trip through Europe for 14 euro A travel project about trying to get from Denmark to the Mediterranean Sea with 14 euro.
The thought project
The Thought Project
A project about the thoughts we have when we walk alone in the street A project based on stopping people in the street and asking what they were thinking the second before they were stopped.
 
Blue lights and hash browns
Blue Lights and Hash Browns
A portrait of six street artists A portrait project about six street artists.
 
Private public
Private & Public
Portraits of pedestrians taken from the same spot in London in the course of one year Portraits of pedestrians photographed from the same spot in London over the course of one year.
 
 
Radio
Strøtanker på gadeplan

In 2004 I spent six weeks stopping people on the street in Copenhagen asking them what they were thinking about the second before I stopped them.

I recorded their answers and presented them in a program aired on national radio. The program is in Danish.

Listen: 29.11 min.
 
En strandtur for 14 euro

In the winter of 2004 I decided to find out if I could get from Copenhagen to the Mediterranean Sea with just 14 euro in my pocket.

I did a radio program about the trip. The program is in Danish.

Listen: 29.16 min.
 
En cykelmygs bekendelser

In the summer 2005 I decided to cycle from Denmark to Istanbul on a 25-kilo tourist bike with solid-rubber tyres.

During the trip I talked to a tape recorder when I needed to unload my mind. Home again, I did a radio program about the trip. The program is in Danish.

Listen: 28.30 min.
Magazine features
 
Magazine feature: Anette på bjerget, Samvirke, 2010
 

Anette på bjerget
Samvirke, 2010

 
Magazine feature: Billeder fra en bro, Samvirke, 2009
 

Billeder fra en bro,
Samvirke, 2009

 
Magazine feature: The Tower of Babel, Motiv, 2008
 

The Tower of Babel
Motiv, 2008

 
Magazine feature: En tung dans på roser, Samvirke, 2008
 

En tung dans på roser
Samvirke, 2008

 
Magazine feature: Let's Dance, Ud & Se, 2007
 

Let's Dance
Ud & Se, 2007

 
Magazine feature: Ansigtsløfter, Ud & Se, 2006
 

Ansigtsløfter
Ud & Se, 2006

Magazine feature: Fra København til Middelhavet for 100 kr., Euroman, 2005
 

Fra København til Middelhavet for 100 kr.
Euroman, 2005

 
Magazine feature: Da Simon cyklede ud for at finde godheden, Ud & Se, 2005
 

Da Simon cyklede ud for at finde godheden
Ud & Se, 2005

 
Magazine feature: Tung støj, Euroman, 2005
 

Tung støj
Euroman, 2005

 
Magazine feature: Tanker i New York, Euroman, 2004
 

Tanker i New York
Euroman, 2004

 
Magazine feature: Drengestreger, Romeo + Juliet, 2003
 

Drengestreger
Romeo + Juliet, 2003

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