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Amanda bjorn photography

  • Projects
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    • Ibiza
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La Juventud

An ongoing project documenting young artists and creatives in Havana, Cuba over the last three years.

Commissions

Teen Vogue, Livefast Magazine, Urban Outfitters, Nasty Gal, Vice, Rogue, Cake Mag, Huffington Post, Passion Passport, Aire Magazine //

Women

A series of women I photographed in my 20s.

“The images feel more like an essay. They draw you in at the start and then make you think about what you know, make you turn them over in your mind, and at the end you just want to start from the beginning again. They are arresting in their color, loud in their moment, and meaningful in their messages. She’s got a lot of heart and I don’t think she could keep it from her work even if she tried.” Livefast Magazine

La Hora de la Isla

A current ongoing series.

For the past two years, I have lived in and out of Cuba continuously shooting in an attempt to digest the absurd and complex beauty around me.

“Cuba, la hora de la isla” (Island Time) is a poetic and diaristic examination of the concept of time on the island. Counting, stretching, standing still — time seems to bend and break crashing and overlapping onto itself that keeps me in a loop of mesmerized daze. Shooting mostly on film, a nod to the country’s own isolation and fragility, Cuba is a world that begins and ends with the ocean, filled with a generation that yearns to be a part of the greater conversation. I am attempting to capture a different side of the island far from the tourists and politics, instead focusing on this mass of floating land that provides limitless time to play.

Here or There

Wherever we go, we carry our stories, our history, our subjectivity, our opinions, our spirituality, our politics, our relationships, our moods, our psychosis, our attitudes, our insecurities, and our family.

A series exploring transience, youth, loneliness, and heartbreak.

Ibeyi

For the past three years, I have lived in and out of Cuba continuously shooting in an attempt to digest the absurd and complex beauty around me. The series “La Juventud" features Cuban artists, actors, painters and models that live and work in Havana, and who have never left the island. Collaborating directly with each artist, we have explored their desires, vulnerabilities, and fears through the concept of time on the island. Shooting mostly on film, a nod to the country’s own fragility, Cuba is a world that begins and ends with the ocean filled with a generation that yearns to be a part of the greater conversation. With elements of Surrealism and fantasy, I have attempted to capture a different side of the island far from the tourists and politics, instead focusing on this mass of floating land that provides limitless time to play, and to be.

Selfie

An ongoing project on how we choose to portray ourselves while on vacation, and the exploration of our documentation within the tourist industry.

All the Men I've Loved

A series of men I’ve fallen in love with from Italy, California, Serbia, Romania, India, Vietnam, and Cuba.

Move

“I have already lost touch with a couple of people I used to be.”

Frank and Felix

An ongoing photo series exploring the friendship between Felix and Frank in Havana, Cuba.

La Juventud

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Commissions

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Women

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La Hora de la Isla

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Here or There

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Ibeyi

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Selfie

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All the Men I've Loved

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Move

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Frank and Felix

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