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Lynden, WA
October 2005
By Bette Mitchell
Ingvar started taking pictures way back in high school in
Kristiansund, Norway. His first camera was a Pentax 35mm and during
the first few years it was all B&W. He developed his own film and
prints.
During high school he worked as a freelancer for local and regional
newspapers. He also got a few stories published in national magazines.
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Norway was too quiet for Ingvar. We think he invented the phrase
"Go West Young Man" but we are not sure. In any case - after
graduation he jumped on the first plane to Montreal, Canada. In
spite of having to learn French real quickly - he certainly
thought that Quebec had lots to offer photography-wise. He
traveled all over the eastern seaboard, photographing nature and
people.
In 1973 he took an advanced photography correspondence course from
the NY School of Photography, and worked for a while as a
professional photographer. He concentrated on taking sports and
portrait pictures. Over the years he has taken several Nikon
sponsored courses and read pretty well all the photography books
and magazines there are. A couple of decades ago (yes, he's up
there...) he was assigned to take pictures of the BC Lions
Cheerleaders. He doesn't talk about that much.
Fast forward to present day. This year (2005) he made the big,
scary leap to digital photography, and his passion again
flourished in a big way. Unstoppable is a good term for him.
Ingvar now carries his camera pretty well everywhere and the
results so far have been impressive. He calls himself a closet
photographer, struggling to get out. "About time" is what people
say that have seen his work.
His "day job" is web sites and software programming. (www.vipinfoservices.com).
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