Journal of photographer Flemming Bo Jensen

Photographer, Time Traveler, Writer and Nomad

Posts from the “Portrait” Category

Peru Photo Story: Solitude

Posted on January 23rd, 2012

The Andes. Ancient and majestic mountains, windy, cold and unforgiving. The road snakes through the desolate and uninviting landscape. The sky is white, the wind fierce and colours are muted to a stark monochrome mood. Yet, here in this extreme environment people live and make their lives. More a mood than a story, these pictures were made in the Andes mountains of Peru driving from Arequipa to Chivay. This was the third story I submitted for the group reviews in the brilliant Adam Weintraub PhotoExperience.net workshop with Daniel Milnor. The solitude spoke to me instantly. I know it well having mapped out that feeling intensely. I chose black and white as I wished to do a different story at this time in the workshop,…

Categories: Landscape, Panorama, Peru, Photo, Photography, Portrait, South America, Travel

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Peru Photo Essay: Christmas in the barrios

Posted on January 17th, 2012

“Stop!!!!” – I am quite sure it was Amy who first screamed what we all wanted, to stop the car. We had just spotted these wonderful people dressing up in the ‘barrios’ neighborhood of the town of Arequipa. Out jumps 9 photographers, like a task force, causing quite a stir. Fortunately the incredibly cool and nice people loved having 9 photographers documenting their small intimate Christmas festival, one of my favourite events in the entire workshop and unscripted, entirely by chance that we happened to be passing by. They invited us to stay and partake in the festivities, wanting to share their food and beer. What incredible hospitality, 9 photographers show up and they instantly invites us in to dinner. Peruvians are cool. This…

Categories: Peru, Photo, Photography, Portrait, South America, Travel

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Asia Stories book release

Posted on September 9th, 2011

  I am proud to present my book Asia Stories featuring stories from Papua New Guinea, Laos and Cambodia. The images in this book contain some of the stories that have affected me deeply during the first two years of my life on the road. The experiences I gathered, people I met, places I visited, and lessons I learnt, changed me almost completely. Little exists of the person I was before. The books is 138 pages, hardcover with dust jacket and printed on gorgeous thick Mohawk uncoated cotton paper with a lovely textured art feel to it. Watch a video about the book: Asia Stories is for sale via Blurb.com, you order the book directly on the Blurb website and the book is shipped…

Categories: Cambodia, Landscape, Laos, Panorama, Papua New Guinea, Photo, Photography, Portrait, Travel

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The town of Pangkalan Bun

Posted on August 19th, 2011

All my sensory inputs are experiencing firsts. My nose detects a unique mixture of tropical humidity, heat, people, teak wood huts, spices, fried meat, fish, vegetables, sewage and diesel exhaust from boats. The colours are vibrant and rich. Everything is painted in saturated tones, longboats, huts and clothes. Colourful advertisement posters are utilised as decoration. It seems all the colours of the world has gathered to party in this town. The river is life, the river is where the children swim, where the laundry is done, where the sewage floats, where the longboats’ engine puffs black smoke, where fishing is done; the river is the source of all activity. The river is alive with sounds, children laughing, people talking, cooking food, hanging out, water…

Categories: Landscape, Panorama, Photo, Photography, Portrait, Travel

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Limited edition of my upcoming photo book

Posted on August 11th, 2011

I am presently (with great help from my editor Charlene Winfred) putting the finishing touches on my upcoming photo book, something I am very excited about. The 138 page book has been carefully edited, sequenced and written and features 4 stories from Asia, essays and more than 60 images, from Papua New Guinea, Laos and Cambodia. The book will be 25×20 cm in size and printed on gorgeous professional Mohawk heavy fine art paper. To the right is a sneak preview from the layout in Indesign. The book will be available via Blurb.com and available to order in 2-3 weeks. I am considering selling a batch of limited edition signed copies and would like to hear if there’s interest in this. The price for…

Categories: Cambodia, Landscape, Laos, Panorama, Papua New Guinea, Photo, Photography, Portrait

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Nomad Magazine issue 1 – Home

Posted on July 23rd, 2011

It is exciting to present my first publication, a magazine called Nomad featuring stories and images from my on-going journey as a nomad photographer. The first story of Nomad focuses on the subject of ‘Home’. What is home to a nomad? What is the feeling of home? Featuring 30 images of homes captured by me around the world to show the many different ways in which we live. Price is only $20 – click here to purchase on the magcloud website. Below is a video of the magazine. PS. Yes, I ended up breaking my own rule of no self-promotion rather quickly. And I need to wave my arms around a little less on video!

Categories: Landscape, Panorama, Photo, Photography, Portrait, Travel

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Home

Posted on July 4th, 2011

HOME. It is more than a place, more than a location. It is a feeling and a state of mind. Home is usually associated with many memories. Home can be a place you are very attached to. Home can be filled with stuff that helps you define who you are and your relation to the world. ‘Home is where the heart is’ goes the saying, although I am not entirely certain what this means. ‘This place feels like home’ is another saying, one I have said myself on occasions. In reality it makes little sense as I find we always tend to say this almost right upon arriving. What then is the feeling of home? The feeling of home is no doubt very important…

Categories: Africa, Bangkok, California, Cambodia, Copenhagen, Denmark, Kenya, Landscape, Laos, Panorama, Papua New Guinea, Photo, Photography, Portrait, Thailand, Travel, USA

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Back to Cambodia

Posted on June 24th, 2011

Cambodia was a whirlwind tour of photography for me but an incredible charming country that left a lasting impression. I am considering returning later this year to capture more portraits of the fantastic people of Cambodia. Angkor Wat deserves many visits, it is the most awe-inspiring of places. I recently processed two images from Cambodia in Capture One: These two images are straight out of Capture One with only sharpness added in Photoshop after resizing. I am teaching myself Capture One as I’m assisting a friend who uses Capture One for his work including shooting tethered on site. I am quite impressed by the tethering feature, it works really well. As an expert Lightroom user there are quite a few features that I miss…

Categories: Cambodia, Photo, Photography, Portrait, Travel

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A Stormy Mind

Posted on June 21st, 2011

I am waiting to get my groove back. There is a storm raging in my mind. I miss the ocean like the deserts miss the rain. Tim Winton’s Breath is amazing. Freediving even for just a few seconds is spellbinding. The sea can scare me. The sea can make me feel strong and calm. Breath. Holding my breath. EDIT: Neglected to mention the image. It is a late night Photoshop creation of many different layers, waves, clouds, textures and a self portrait. Very dark, should be viewed in a dark environment.

Categories: Landscape, Photo, Photography, Portrait

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