I photograph the people, places and details that tell their story.
Alongside commissioned work, I explore long-term personal projects about work, place and the traces we leave behind.
Everyone has a story.
In the way we work. The places we shape. The things we make, change and care for.
This is what interests me.
I photograph people, places and the details that reveal something about them. Sometimes the story is in the person. Sometimes it is in the space they have created. Sometimes it is simply in the traces they leave behind.
I take this same way of looking into my commissioned work and the projects I pursue for myself. The subject may change, but the curiosity stays the same – to look closely, listen and find what makes a place, a person or a story feel real.
After nearly forty years behind a camera, I still believe the best photographs come from taking the time to understand.
Is there a story behind what you do that deserves to be seen?
I am a photographer based in London. For nearly forty years, I have carried a camera into places most people never get to see.
Factories, kitchens, breweries, boardrooms, fields, hotels, workshops, bars, farms and people's homes.
I have travelled the world photographing how people work and live, and the spaces they create around them.
Over time, you learn how to enter a room.
How to make someone comfortable.
How to listen.
How to wait.
How to read a space. To notice the light, the details, the marks left behind and the things that tell you something about the people who use it.
You learn that the best photographs rarely come from rushing.
They come from being there.
Waiting for something real to happen.
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Copyright Notice
All photographs are protected by copyright and remain the exclusive property of Thomas Skovsende.
No image may be copied, reproduced, published, distributed, altered, stored, or used in any form without prior written permission. If you wish to license or use any of these photographs, please contact me first to discuss permission and usage.
The fab black & white image of me is taken on a shoot for Bushmills in Erice, Sicily by David Walker. Used with permission.