Lina Kayser Profile
- Based in the Dovrefjell mountain range of Norway, Lina is a nature photographer specializing in the remote landscapes and wildlife of the far north.
- Besides pursuing her own solo projects, Lina regularly hosts photography workshops in Norway and abroad.
- Since 2018, she has hosted ship-based expeditions to the Svalbard archipelago, the popular Arctic location for photographing polar bears.
- Lina is a Nikon Creator. Since 2017, she has used social media and her partnership with Nikon to share her perspective and her strong passion for Nordic wildlife.
- Her commercial clients and partners include Lexar, Visit Northern Norway, Visit Faroe Islands, Volvo, Nikon Europe and Nikon Nordic.
www.linakayser.com
Usually at the start of an interview, to provide an easy way into their story, I often ask nature photographers a simple question: "Which interest came first: nature or photography?" More often than not, the short answer is nature, and that is certainly the case with Norway's Lina Kayser - but it is her longer answer that provides the insight into how her life has evolved.
Lina describes her childhood and upbringing in a way that suggests a life in nature photography was almost inevitable. "When I was a kid, we spent all the weekends hiking in nature. My mum taught me about birds and flowers, and my dad got me interested in dog training and hunting. When I got older, I got my own dog and started bringing a camera on hikes. The beauty and tranquillity of being alone in a forest or in the mountains was something I wanted to keep as a memory. In the beginning, I was photographing my dogs as well as landscapes. My favourite subject was to capture the mood of rainy and foggy days."
This story is from the August 2023 edition of N-Photo: the Nikon magazine.
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