Background
Bendiksen was born in Tønsberg, in Vestfold county, southern Norway, on 8 September 1977.
Bendiksen was born in Tønsberg, in Vestfold county, southern Norway, on 8 September 1977.
He lived in Russia for several years. The time he spent there resulted in his book, Satellites - Photographs from the Fringes of the former Soviet Union, about separatist republics in the former Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics, published in 2006. Foreign three years he photographed slum communities in Nairobi in Kenya, Mumbai in India, Jakarta in Indonesia, and Caracas in Venezuela, for The Places We Live, a book published in 2008, and an exhibition containing projections and voice recordings.
Bendikson became a Magnum Photos nominee in 2004 and a member in 2008.
In 2010 he was its president with others 2007: Welcome to Nowhere, Stills Gallery, Sydney. Participant of New Blood, Magnum Photos 60th anniversary exhibition.
With Trent Parke, Antoine Doctorate"Agata, Mark Power and Alec Soth.
2003: Infinity Award, Young Photographer category, International Center of Photography, New New York 2004: Second prize, Daily Life Stories category, World Press Photo, World Press Photo, Amsterdam. 2007: The Paris Review won the Photojournalism category, National Magazine, for Bendiksen"s documentary of life in a Nairobi slum, Kibera. 2008: Telenor Culture Award, from Telenor, Bærum, Norway. 2013: Award of Excellence, Feature Story Editing - Magazine category, Seventieth Pictures of the Year International Competition, Pictures of the Year International with Elizabeth Krist and Elaine Bradley, for "Russian Summer" in National Geographic. 2014: First place, Sports Story Editing category, Pictures of the Year International, with Elizabeth Krist and Elaine Bradley, for "On the Trail with the First Skiers" in National Geographic. 2014: Award of Excellence, Sports Picture Story category, Pictures of the Year International, for "The Last of the First Skiers".
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Bendiksen is a member of Magnum Photos and has served as its president
