Born in 1952, grown up on the island of Vigra near the town of Aalesund on the west coast of Norway where he still reside.  Almost his whole professional life has been spent in banking after having studied economics and business administration.  In 2014, he  took an early retirement to concentrate on his passion: photography.

From early age on, he showed talent for drawing and painting.  At the age of 20, he got interested in photography bought his first camera.  He participated in numerous group exhibitions around the world  and was awarded the AFIAP title “La Fédération Iinternationale de l’Art Photographique” in 1980.

Later he got skills in sculpturing, worked with bronze, marble, had several trips to marble carving workshops in Carrara. That’s the reason why he has that intense sense for the 3rd dimension, and his artistic photographs show that much depth by using light and shadow in a perfect manner. In 2003, he advanced his photographic techniques on a roundtrip in California.

He was particularly fascinated by the sand dunes in Death Valley - shooting the dunes in low light at the break of dawn or at sunset.  He returned to Death Valley in 2005 and 2008 when his trip was extended to Utah and Arizona to shoot canyons.

Now Sjur’s prime interest is nudes and dancers.  Every year he invites models to come to Norway to work with him.  Since 2015, he regularly visited Saint Petersburg to shoot dancers. His work has been predominantly influenced by Brett Westin, Vadim Stein, and Howard Schatz. He always is attracted by form, rhythm, and patterns when creating his stunning compositions reduced to the essential. His almost abstract approach leaves viewers the space to reflect their own life.

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№1 — Title:  Canyon “X”, Arizona - study # 9 (2008)

Size: 29 x 30 cm.

6 prints available

№2 — Title: Canyon “X”, Arizona - study 

# 7 (2008)

Size: 32 x 29 cm.

11 prints available

№3 — Title: Basalt fragments (2010)

Size: 29 x 37 cm.

4 prints available

№4 — Title: Lower Antelope Canyon, Arizona - study #  2 (2008)

Size: 29 x 39 cm.

4 prints available 

№5 — Title: Canyon”X”, Arizona - study # 2 (2008)

Size: 29 x 34 cm.

7 prints available

№6 — Title: Sand dunes, Death Valley - study # 19 (2005)

Size: 5 copies 34 x 26.5 cm.

1 copy 39 x 29 cm.

№7 — Title: Sand dunes, Death Valley - study # 4 (2005)

Size: 34 x 27 cm.

2 prints available

№8 — Title: Lower Antelope Canyon, Arizona - study # 1 (2008)

Size: 30 x 32 cm.

5 prints available 

№9 — Title: Canyon “X”, Arizona - study # 5 (2008)

Size:  30 x 32 cm.

6 prints available 

№10 — Title: Canyon “X”, Arizona - study # 3 (2008)

Size:  29 x 33 cm.

3 prints available 

Edition size of all prints: 25