Press clippings and TV interviews
Periskop 22.01.2020
‘The photographs present a body and human being who is struggling with its demons without being able to handle them. They work because they appear intensely truthful, and heartbreaking cleared of vanity.
Fossen says: This is me, and I have a life-threatening problem, but the photographic beauty of the appalling gives me something to strive for, which is perhaps a life without this disease, without the anorexia.’ Click below to read review [in Norwegian] by Kjetil Rød.
Dagsavisen 18.01.2020
The best works in this exhibition are comparable to some of history's greatest artists. Together with Susanne Sundförs music for the film "Self Portrait", black panels and muted lighting sets the mood. Click below to read the review [in Norwegian] by Lars Elton.
Aftenposten 2.1.2020
Art highlights 2020 - An article Norway’s leading newspaper Aftenposten by Heidi Borud featuring The exhibition The Gatekeeper by Lene Marie Fossen as one of the highlights on the artscene of 2020.
Feelgood - 6.1.2020
An article by Gullaug Pless in the Norwegian magazine Feelgood featuring Lene Marie Fossen and the upcoming film Selfportrait.
Verdens Gang 8.1.2020
Strong reviewof the documentary the Selfportrait by Inger Benzrud from Verdens Gang.
Dagbladet 7.1.2020
Dagbladet - grants the documentary 5 of 6 in their review of The Selfportrait.
Ny Tid 01.01.2020
Hudløs eksponering - Article in Norwegian by Ellen Lande.
Dagsavisen 27.12.2019
Article in Dagsavisen by Bernt Erik Pedersen
NRK - 15.10.2016
Photography keeps me alive - TØNSBERG / KOLBU (NRK): Lene Marie Fossen (30) stopped eating when she was 10 year old because she did not want to grow up. Now she stages herself and creates stunning self-portraits in an attempt to get well.
TED talk Lene Marie Fossen
/In conversation with Morten Krogvold at TED Arendal 2018.
TV2 - 30.04.2017
'I want to express the pain I feel inside of me'.
Photographer Lene Marie Fossen is prepared for some strong reactions to her self portraits as she gets ready for her debut exhibition at Nordic Light Festival in Kristiansund, Norway.
TV2 - 28.03.2017
Morten Krogvold about Lene Marie Fossen on TV2 before Nordic Light festival in Kristiansund: - She is extremely gifted, and is probably the biggest photography talent in Norway.
Lene Marie TV2
(30) stopped eating when she was ten years old. She hopes that photography can be the way out of her disease. Meet her with Espen Wallin in this clip from Norwegian TV2.