Lene Marie Fossen (18 August 1986 - 22 October 2019) was a Norwegian photographer and artist.
Personal life and photography
Lene Marie Fossen suffered from Anorexia nervosa since age 10, stating she started to starve in order to prevent growing up. [1] [2]
She started learning photography as a teenager. The main focus of her work was black-and-white portraits of people. A 2017 exhibition of her self portraits depicting the effects of her struggle with anorexia, gained significant attention in Norway. [3] [4] In interviews, and in a TED talk, she described her struggle between creativity and suffering from poor physical health.
She worked on a documentary about her life while taking portrait photos of Syrian refugee children in Greece in 2019. [5] During this work, she suffered a car accident that caused her additional health issues. She died from the long term effects of her illness, aged 33. The documentary was aired after her death. [6]
Further exhibitions of her photography art were presented in 2022. [7]She weighed 25kg when she died.
References
- ^ "Lene Marie Fossen - About". Lene Marie Fossen. Retrieved 2023-03-07.
- ^ "Anorexia is the deadliest psychiatric disorder. Could psychedelics help?". Financial Times. 2023-03-02. Retrieved 2023-03-21.
- ^ Fischer, Ms (2022-10-23). "The Fight She Lost". ILLUMINATION. Retrieved 2023-03-07.
- ^ Bentzrud, Inger (2020-01-07). "Knapt sett noe sterkere". dagbladet.no (in Norwegian). Retrieved 2023-03-21.
- ^ "Museum im Lagerhaus | Lene Marie Fossen – Human - Museum im Lagerhaus". arttv.ch (in German). Retrieved 2023-03-07.
- ^ Ide, Wendy. "'The Self Portrait': Thessaloniki Review". Screen. Retrieved 2023-03-21.
- ^ "Lene Marie Fossen - The Gatekeeper Exhibition". Lene Marie Fossen. Retrieved 2023-03-07.
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