I just returned from a two week trip to the Faroe Islands, shootning material for a documentary about storytelling in the country. We are writing about the project on the development blog. (In Danish).

As I have mentioned in a previous post I am currently working on a film project about storytelling on the Faroe Islands. You can read more about the project on the development blog. (In Danish).
This week we received financial support from the Faroese fund Mentanargrunnur Landsins. Earlier this year we were also supported by The Danish Film Workshop and the Faroese cultural ministry Mentamálaráðið. We are currently planing the first round of shooting, and are really looking forward to the final result.

On our first research trip to the Faroe Islands

Currently I am working with Jens Raunkjær Christensen on a film project documenting the storytellers of the amazing and remote Faroe Islands. The project is backed by several Faroese sponsors and is supported by the Film Workshop at the Danish Film Institute. Principal photography is planed to take place in September 2011. We are writing about the project on the development blog. (In Danish).

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In the beginning of March 2010 I traveled to Iceland to attend the annual Northern Wave Film Festival where my short film Connected had been selected to screen. While I was there, I spend a few days traveling around the island with my co-director Jens R. Christensen, to experience the spectacular Icelandic landscape. I shot a few quick video clips of the some of the places we visited: The Hellisheiði Geothermal Power Station, the Geysir Hot springs at Laugarfjall and the amazing Gullfoss waterfall.

The film was shot on the Canon 5D Mark II using the 24-105 L lens. Please make sure to view it in full screen for the best experience.

Books exhibited at the Paris Cookbook Fair

Last weekend I attended the Paris Cookbook Fair, where two of the books I have designed were exhibited as nominees for the Gourmand World Cookbook Awards. In the category Best Asian Cookbook the sushi book placed fourth. Considering that an estimated  26.000 food and wine books are published each year*, I am really happy with the result. The exhibition was a great opportunity to meet with writes, designers and publishes, and to gather inspiration for future book projects.

* Source: Gourmand World Cookbook Awards Yearbook 2010

This weekend I visited Norðurlandahúsið (The Nordic House) at the Faroe Islands, to help setup an exhibition by fashion designer Maria Louise Suhr. The exhibition presented her graduation project from the Design School in Kolding, a collection with swimsuits, shoes and bags inspired by the charter tourism of the 60′s.

A series of landscape photography from the islands, will be posted on the website soon.