After two years of covid-19 and shutdowns in our society, people can now finally enjoy being together again. Festivals in the summer are then a long-awaited place to be. Here from the Tons of Rock festival on the Ekeberg plain in Oslo.
Biography
John T. Pedersen (1966) is an independent photojournalist based in Norway, with a particular focus on humanitarian issues. I have worked for a number of newspapers, trade press, magazines and agencies.
Affiliated with the national newspaper Dagbladet in Oslo.
https://www.worldpressphoto.org/collection/photo/2019/37713/1/John-T-Pedersen
Awards
2012- Årets bilder(Norway) 3rd prize Portrait.
2019- World Press Photo Contest, Sports, Singles, 1st Prize winner.
2020- IPA - The International Photo Awards Honorable Mention. Boxing in Katanga.
2020- IPA - The International Photo Awards Honorable Mention. A gift from God.
2020- IPA - The International Photo Awards Honorable Mention. Last stop Uganda.
2020- IPA - The International Photo Awards Honorable Mention. Trampoline life.
2021- IPA - The International Photo Awards Honorable Mention. The seniors at the vaccine center.
2022- IPA - The International Photo Awards, 2nd Place in the category Event, Social Cause.
2022- IPA - The International Photo Awards Honorable Mention. Inhabitants in Katanga.
2022- IPA - The International Photo Awards Honorable Mention. Acid violence against women in Uganda.
2022- IPA - The International Photo Awards Honorable Mention. Survive in Katanga.
2022- Lens Culture Summer Open 2022 winner.
2022-Budapest International Foto Awards, 1st place in the category Events. Festival people.
2022-Budapest International Foto Awards, Gold winner in the category Editorial-Environmental. Inhabitants in Katanga.
2022-Budapest International Foto Awards, Gold winner in the category Events-Other. Festival people.
2022-Budapest International Foto Awards, Bronze winner in the category Editorial-Personality. Acid violence against women in Uganda.
2022-Budapest International Foto Awards, Bronze winner in the category Editorial-Environmental. Survive in Katanga.
2022- Life Framer, Humans of the World, 2nd prize with this image of Gloria Kankunda «I’m Not a Victim, I’m a Survivor"
