Knut Bry is a Norwegian

Norway

Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...

 photographer.

Bry has no formal education as a photographer and chose his profession in 1975, 29 years old. He has won a number of photographic awards, among them Photographer of the Year in the United States

United States

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 in 1986 and in Norway in 1989. He has permanent exhibits at the Henie-Onstad Art Centre

Henie-Onstad Art Centre

The Henie-Onstad Art Centre is an art museum located at Høvikodden in Bærum municipality, Norway.The Henie-Onstad Art Centre is situated on a headland jutting into the Oslofjord, approximately 10 km south of Oslo...

, the Preus Museum

Preus Museum

Preus Museum is the national museum for photography in Norway and is situated in Horten. It was originally founded by the Preus family as a private museum, but the collection was acquired by the Norwegian government in 1995....

, and Nord Norske Kunstsamlinger. His work has also been exhibited at Espace Canon in Paris

Paris

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, in Norilsk

Norilsk

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, and various museums in Norway. He has published and contributed to several books within photography, fashion, and food.