ESPEN RASMUSSEN

STORIES II/HAITI 2009 STORIES II/SOMALIA 2004 AND 2006 STORIES II/A MIDSUMMER NIGHTS DREAM 2006 VIDEO STORIES I/ON SOLID GROUND MALI 2013 STORIES II/IRAN 2008 STORIES II/POPE FUNERAL ITALY 2005 TRANSIT/AFGHANISTAN 2006 TRANSIT/YEMEN 2008 TRANSIT/GEORGIA 2008 TRANSIT/DR CONGO 2008 TRANSIT/BANGLADESH 2009 TRANSIT/CHAD 2004 TRANSIT/COLOMBIA 2007 TRANSIT/NORWAY 2009 TO 2011 TRANSIT/SERBIA 2005 TRANSIT/SYRIA 2007 ANTHROPOCENE/THE BATTLE FOR GREENLAND 2013 STORIES I/DR CONGO 2013 STORIES II/CHRISTIANS IN SYRIA 2010 STORIES I/FUKUSHIMA FALLOUT JAPAN 2012 STORIES I/THE YOUTH REVOLUTION EGYPT 2011 STORIES I/TSUNAMI AFTERMATH JAPAN 2011 I STORIES I/TSUNAMI AFTERMATH JAPAN 2011 II STORIES II/NOWHERE TO GO THAILAND 2007 ANTHROPOCENE/PARADISE LOST UKRAINE 2010 STORIES II/AFTER THE QUAKE PAKISTAN 2006 STORIES II/MALARIA IVORY COAST 2005 NEWS STORIES II/TSUNAMI 2004 ANTHROPOCENE/YANGTEE RIVER CHINA 2008 ANTHROPOCENE/THE CURSE OF OIL NORWAY 2009 ANTHROPOCENE/RISING WATERS BANGLADESH 2009 PAIN/TOUGH GUY ENGLAND 2012 PAIN/NORSEMAN NORWAY 2013 PAIN/AMAZON JUNGLE MARATHON 2013 PAIN/WHAT IT TAKES 2012 TO 2014 PAIN/TRIAL OF STRENGHT NORWAY 2012 STORIES I/UKRAINE UNREST 2014 TRANSIT/LEBANON 2012 ABOUT/EXHIBITION RENT TRANSIT/TRANSIT WEBPAGE TRANSIT/BEDS STORIES I/THE BEACH, SPAIN 2014 STORIES I/EBOLA SIERRA LEONE 2015 ABOUT/PRESS ABOUT/ABOUT TRANSIT/THE FLIGHT TO EUROPE 2015 ABOUT/EXHIBITIONS & BOOKS TRANSIT/BOAT REFUGEES ITALY 2015 TRANSIT/TRANSIT BOOK STORIES I/ODDBALLS 2012 TO 2014 ABOUT/CONTACT PUBLISHED STORIES I/THE DIAMOND SIERRA LEONE 2018 STORIES I/THE SETTLERS ISRAEL 2018 STORIES II/ANCIENT ALEPPO SYRIA 2011 STORIES II/THE REBUILDING LIBERIA 2011 PRINTS ABOUT/TALKS & WORKSHOPS ABOUT/AWARDS & GRANTS RAGE/INTRO RAGE/USA RAGE/EASTERN EUROPE RAGE/SOUTHERN EUROPE RAGE/NORTHERN EUROPE RAGE/WESTERN EUROPE RAGE/THE PEOPLE RAGE/FILMS RAGE/NO TOLL HARD LAND/ABOUT HARD LAND HARD LAND/FILMS HARD LAND/CHICAGO HARD LAND/YOUNGSTOWN HARD LAND/DETROIT HARD LAND/BECKLEY STORIES I/THE LONGEST DAY 2020 STORIES I/THE MOST VULNERABLE 2020 VII INSIDER TRANSIT/THE DEADLIEST ESCAPE 2021 STORIES I/FOREIGN FIGHTERS 2022 TRANSIT/FLIGHT FROM UKRAINE 2022 STORIES I/CATOS MIRACLE 2020 - 2022 STORIES I/UKRAINE FRONTLINE 2023

AWARDS

2023

FotoEvidence Book Award 2023, Ukraine: A War Crime.

3. prize, Daily Life, Norwegian Picture of the Year.

2022

Photojournalist of the Year Award, Bartur Photo Award 2022.

Highly Commended, Faces of Humanity category, Bartur Photo Award 2022.

Second place, NPPA Best of Photojournalism, General News Story.

2021

Finalist, Picture of the Year international (POY), Online Storytelling Daily Life and News Reporting.

Nominated for Picture of the Year Norway, Portrait category.

Finalist, Magazine Photography of the Year, by Norwegian Media Business' Association.

2020

Magazine Photography of the Year, by Norwegian Media Business' Association.

2019

3. prize, Documentary of the Year, Norwegian Picture of the Year.

2018

3. prize, World Press Photo, Contemporary Issues stories.

Feature Story of the Year, Norwegian Media Awards 2018.

Digital Story of the Year, Norwegian Media Awards 2018.

International Reporter Award 2018.

Gold, The Society for News Design, Special magazines, White Rage in VG Helg.

Silver, Picture of the Year international (POYi), Print Newspaper Visual Editing.

Bronze, Picture of the Year international (POYi) Online News & Issues Story Visual Editing.

Photographer of the Year 2017, Norwegian Picture of the Year.

1. prize, International Documentary of the Year, Norwegian Picture of the Year.

3. prize, International Documentary of the Year, Norwegian Picture of the Year.

1. prize, Portrait, Norwegian Picture of the Year.

2. prize, International News reportage, Norwegian Picture of the Year.

2016

1. prize, Daily Life, Sony World Photography Awards.

Diploma, the International Reporter Award.

2. prize, Photographer of the Year, Picture of the Year international (POYi).

Picture of the Year 2015, Norwegian Picture of the Year.

Photographer of the Year 2015, Norwegian Picture of the Year.

1. prize, International Documentary of the Year, Norwegian Picture of the Year.

1. prize, News reportage, Norwegian Picture of the Year.

2. prize, International Documentary of the Year, Norwegian Picture of the Year.

2015

Photographer of the Year 2014, Norwegian Picture of the Year.

1. prize, Portraits, Norwegian Picture of the Year.

2. prize, News story, Norwegian Picture of the Year.

2014

3. prize, Norwegian Picture of the Year, Sports feature story.

2013

Winner, PDN Photo Annual 2013.

2. prize, International Photography Awards (IPA), Environmental Professional category.

1. prize, International Documentary of the Year, Norwegian Picture of the Year.

2. prize, News Story, Norwegian Picture of the Year.

2. prize, Portrait Story, Norwegian Picture of the Year.

3. prize, Sports Feature, Norwegian Picture of the Year.

2012

The Perspective Award 2012

2011

Nominated for Sony World Photography award.

Winner PDN Photo Annual.

1. prize, International Documentary of the Year, Norwegian Picture of the Year.

2. prize, People, Norwegian Picture of the Year

2010

2. prize NPPA Best of Photojournalism, Natural disaster.

Finalist Leica Oscar Barnack award.

Nominated for Sony World Photography award.

XII Edicion Premio Internacional de Fotografia Humanitaria Luis Vultuena awrad – finalist.

1. prize, Domestic Documentary of the Year, Norwegian Picture of the Year.

1. prize, Nature and Environment, Norwegian Picture of the Year.

2. prize, Nature and Environment, Norwegian Picture of the Year.

3. prize, Nature and Environment, Norwegian Picture of the Year.

2. prize, News Story, Norwegian Picture of the Year.

2009

New York Photo Award, honorable mention.

2. prize feature picture of the year, the PGB award.

Awards of Excellence, Sports feature, Picture of the Year international (POYi).

1. prize, News Reportage, Norwegian Picture of the Year.

1. prize, People, Norwegian Picture of the Year.

1. prize, International Documentary of the Year, Norwegian Picture of the Year.

2008

1. prize Magazine news picture story, Picture of the Year international (POYi).

2. prize Feature picture, Picture of the Year international (POYi).

Awards of Excellence Magazine issue reporting picture story, Picture of the Year international (POYi).

PDN 30, new and emerging photographer to watch, by Photo District News.

Winner PDN Photo Annual.

Nominee for New York Photo Award.

1. prize The First International Biennal of Photography, Tehran, Iran.

2. prize, International Documentary of the Year, Norwegian Picture of the Year.

2007

1. prize World Press Photo, Arts and Entertainment, singles.

3. prize World Press Photo, People in the News, stories.

2. prize Magazine general news reporting, Picture of the Year international (POYi).

3. prize Magazine photographer of the year, Picture of the Year international (POYi).

Awards of Excellence Magazine issue reporting picture story, Picture of the Year international (POYi).

1. prize, Nature and Environment, Norwegian Picture of the Year.

2. prize, News Reportage, Norwegian Picture of the Year.

2. prize, International Documentary of the Year, Norwegian Picture of the Year.

3. prize, Sport Reportage, Norwegian Picture of the Year

2006

1. prize, News Reportage, Norwegian Picture of the Year.

2. price, News Picture, Norwegian Picture of the Year.

2005

1. prize, News Reportage, Norwegian Picture of the Year.

2004

Main prize, Picture of the Year 2003, Norwegian Picture of the Year.

1. prize, Daily Life, Norwegian Picture of the Year.

1. prize, Sport Reportage, Norwegian Picture of the Year.

2. prize, Domestic Documentary of the Year, Norwegian Picture of the Year.

2003

2. prize, Sport Reportage, Norwegian Picture of the Year.

2. prize, Open Class, Norwegian Picture of the Year.

3. prize, Open Class, Norwegian Picture of the Year.

2002

2. prize, Sport Reportage, Norwegian Picture of the Year.

2001

1. prize, Portrait, Norwegian Picture of the Year.

1. prize, Sport Reportage, Norwegian Picture of the Year.

GRANTS

3.800 USD – National Geographic Society (2020).

10.000 USD - The Freedom of Expression Foundation for Hard.Land (2015).

4.000 USD – The Norwegian Refugee Counsil (2012).

60.000 USD – The Freedom of Expression Foundation (2010).

3.000 USD – The Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (2010).

16.000 USD – NORAD (2009).

46.000 USD – The Freedom of Expression Foundation (2008).

14.000 USD – the Foundation for Sound and Picture (2008).