Peter Beste at Rockheim, Norway

Photographer Peter Beste (right) with musician Arnt 'Obsidian C' Grønbech at Rockheim (© Lise Utne).

Musicians Arnt Obsidian Grønbech (Keep of Kalessin) and Ørnulf Holthe (Gluntan) at Peter Beste's Rockheim photo exhibition (© Lise Utne).

American photographer Peter Beste's exhibition at Rockheim in Trondheim, Norway (© Lise Utne).

From the opening of American photographer Peter Beste's exhibition at Rockheim in Trondheim, Norway, this evening (© Lise Utne).

American photographer Peter Beste's exhibition Innenfor/utenfor [Inside/outside] opened at Rockheim ('national experience centre for pop and rock) in Trondheim, Norway, this evening. Beste followed three dramatically different music subcultures (American rap, Norwegian Black metal and Scandinavian dance bands) at close range over a period of several years. His impressions have been distilled into this exhibition.

At the event

5th February 2012 © Lise Utne

Fin Serck-Hanssen at Rockheim, Norway

Opening of an exhibition of photographs by Fin Serck-Hanssen at Rockheim, Trondheim, this afternoon:  30th October 2011 (© Lise Utne).

Artworld narratives

October 2010. (© Lise Utne).

@ the event: nordic light

Kristiansund, Norway, April 2010 (Photos: © Lise Utne).

The Nordic Light International Festival of Photography in Kristiansund, Norway, was an exciting new venture in 2006. It has since become an annual event to reckon with: a reward for making it through the storms and darkness of the long winter months in this part of the world. Elliott Erwitt, Marc Riboud, Martin Parr, Chris Rainier, Romano Cagnoni and Joël-Peter Witkin figure among the long list of internationally acclaimed photographers who have helped establish the festival's reputation during its first five years.

The glimpses above are from the walkabout on the first day of this year's festival -- headed by Artistic Director Morten Krogvold -- to open the many exhibitions which along with lectures and workshops are part of the festival offerings.