Ole Marius Joergensen [born in 1976] is an art photographer based in the small town of Asker, just outside Oslo. Born in rural Norway, he grew up fascinated by the imagery of Steven Spielberg and Stephen King depicting American suburbs, drawing inspiration from them to craft his own narratives. These are imaginary places where the individual takes center stage. He employs humor and the codes of surrealism, observing people’s daily activities in nature. Joergensen presents stories that allow viewers to imagine their own endings. Like a filmmaker, he stages scenes that unfold sequentially, meant to be viewed gradually, like a story slowly unraveling.

Through his work, Joergensen explores the changes occurring in rural Norway, where the land and a peaceful way of life are gradually fading due to modernization. Much like Hopper, he portrays ordinary situations imbued with a unique narrative that reveals an unexpected reality—both nostalgic and contemporary. Through meticulously staged cinematic photographs, produced in private settings, his muted palette reflects the contemplation found in the countryside, where traffic and noise give way to calm and introspection.
This is evident in Vignettes of a Salesman, 2016-18, where he affectionately portrays a salesman traversing the country, lost in thought. The photographs capture the isolation often felt in the moments just before or after a business transaction, creating a scenario filled with suspense. Like Arthur Miller’s character Willy Loman in Death of a Salesman, Joergensen examines the dreams and aspirations of the traveling salesman within the vast Norwegian landscape.
In his latest series, All That Remained Was a Yellow Duck, Joergensen references the Norwegian painter Hans Gude, whose depictions of landscapes and their inhabitants reflected the realities of rural life.

150 years later, Joergensen travels the same winding roads and landscapes. It is this silence that the artist questions, as the simple, peaceful rural world fades in favor of today’s complex societies, preoccupied with instant gratification.
Joergensen studied film at Southampton Solent University and graduated from the Fotofagskole (photography university) in Trondheim, Norway. He is dedicated to his craft, finding solitude in working alone across vast landscapes as a meditative producer. Since his debut in 2006, he has held numerous solo exhibitions in Norway, Europe, Asia, and the United States. Joergensen’s work is featured in private and public collections in Oslo, Stockholm, London, Madrid, Berlin, Hong Kong, and the United States