Morten Qvale (born 25 September 1957 in Drøbak) is a Norwegianfashion, commercial and art photographer. He has been shooting professionally since 1986. He lives and works in the Oslo area.
In 1982 Qvale bought his first camera, and in 1983 he initiated Tique [no], Norway's first international fashion magazine. As the editor-in-chief at Tique, Qvale had the opportunity to learn from experienced fashion photographers such as Guy Bourdin, Bill King, Terence Donovan and Knut Bry. He soon began creating his own photographs.[1]
Qvale had his first solo exhibition with Shot in a tent during the Norwegian International Film Festival in 2000. The exhibition showcased 30 celebrity photographs he had captured during the 1999 festival. It was also exhibited at the Norwegian Film Institute in Oslo in 2000. In 2005 and 2007 Qvale had two separate solo exhibitions at Kunsthuset gallery.[7] In 2012 he participated in the group exhibition Motefotografi - Tradisjon og nyskapningatPreus Museum.[8] His photography of both landscapes and nudes is sold to art collectors world wide, mainly through his gallery, Qvale Galleri.
In 2013 Qvale opened the Qvale Galleri in Oslo, where he in 2014 opened an exhibition with the photographer Albert Watson.[9]
^Nordic Light International Festival of Photography. "Morten Qvale". www.nle.no. Archived from the original on 9 November 2014. Retrieved 13 July 2014.
^Nordic Light International Festival of Photography. "Morten Qvale". www.nle.no. Archived from the original on 9 November 2014. Retrieved 13 July 2014.
^"Portfolio". www.mortenqvale.no. Archived from the original on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 13 July 2014.
