TextRyan White

As she unveils the first solo presentation of her work in over a decade, Ryan White meets the Norwegian photographer who made a name for herself capturing characters on the edge of civilisation Mette Tronvoll has been photographing stories about time, place and identity since the early 90s. Her subjects have always been eclectic and unassuming, from seaweed farmers on Japan’s beaches to Norwegian men standing in a studio wearing nothing but their underwear, but guided by the same impulse.

As she unveils the first solo presentation of her work in over a decade, Ryan White meets the Norwegian photographer who made a name for herself capturing characters on the edge of civilisation Mette Tronvoll has been photographing stories about time, place and identity since the early 90s. Her subjects have always been eclectic and unassuming, from seaweed farmers on Japan’s beaches to Norwegian men standing in a studio wearing nothing but their underwear, but guided by the same impulse.