Trond Sørås Photographer

Some of last weeks assignments

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Funeral of Marianne Sandvik, a 16-year old girl from Stavanger who was killed in the Utøya massacre. Her father laid a rose on her coffin after giving a memorial speech in Stavanger Cathedral.

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Comedian Per Inge Torkelsen, at his home.

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Norways Premier League, match between Viking and Tromsø. Ended 2-1 to Viking, this is Tromsø’s goal in the second half.

A hundred thousand voices

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Yesterday, people gathered all around Norway in torch lit marches to support the victims of the Oslo bombing and the Utøya attack. In Stavanger, police said between 75,000 and 100,000 people came together in the city center.

The parade of people encircled the entire city, and it was said that such a gathering of people have not been seen since Norway was liberated after World War II.

The shopping malls in and around Stavanger even closed at 5.30PM so that the employees would be able to take part in the march.

It was truly touching, and the sight and feeling of such a great number of people made me proud to be Norwegian.

I want to quote Norways Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg, and what he said during his speech at the event in Oslo:

“Evil can kill a human beeing, but it can never conquer an entire people”

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Assignment – portable home for DN

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Glenn Isachsen and Jytte Secher really loves camping, and spends most of their time in their motor home.

Glenn has only spent one night at home so far this year.

Assignment – Kaizers Orchestra and Tore Renberg with play

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Janove of Kaizers.
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Some of the actors in the play.
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Janove of Kaizers in front, and writer Tore Renberg in the back.

Sometimes the press relations people go out of their way to make my job way easier than it should be. This is how press conferences should be.

Ngong racetracks

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Horserace at Ngong racetrack, outside Nairobi.

When are the races? I asked.

Almost every sunday, they replied.

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Results board
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Betting
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Cheering
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One of six races
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Peptalk
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Some loose
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Some win

Tinfoil helmet

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Folken, Stavanger, after Ultra Sheriff concert

Assignment – Thomas Dybdahl for Dagens Næringsliv

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First ever black and white assignment. First b/w-conversion in years. The first of the three pics ran on a full page in DN saturday 29. May.

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Cherry blossom in Japan

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The only time Japanese people get publicly drunk on a large scale is in the springtime when the cherry trees blossom. And if you think the Japanese photograph each other a lot when on vacation, you haven’t seen them during Hanami, which usually occurs late March or early April.

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Japanese department store

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Laughter yoga in Mumbai

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