Behind the camera & behind perfection

The past month I have worked closely with the great artist and photographer Henrik Sorensen. We met under water back in January 2013 when he shot me for the 2013 campaign for Hasselblad. (I know, it sounds funny, but nevertheless is it true. We shot the images for the Hasselblad campaign under water in a pool). Post Hasselblad, we shot numerous other pictures together and I was always impressed with his World class level when it comes to technique, composition, idea and execution.

We sort of lost touch for a while because of my travels and fate had it, that we reunited a little over a month ago and decided to work together again. This time, I would be behind his lense with him, which I find exhilarating.

So our first official project is “Behind Perfection”, which I’m sharing today: A short film about the famous Royal Danish Ballet in Copenhagen. Henrik directs it and I’m co-directing. It was a really interesting and beautiful experience to dvelve into the minds of 2 beautiful, young, professional ballet dancers. Stephanie and Viktoria. To study their movements on the floor, their passion, pain and ‘do or die’ authenticity when it comes to their art: Ballet. Truly inspiring…

Hope you enjoy the movie as much as I enjoyed working with the team on it…

Below are some screen shots and behind the scenes from the days of shooting….

Josephine, Stephanie and Viktoria on the floor with powder

Henrik directing the dancers @ The Royal Theater of Ballet in Copenhagen

Viktoria, Stephanie and Henrik behind the scenes @ shoot