Born in 1969, Søren Solkær is a Danish photographer who has travelled extensively since the late 1980s, developing a global profile through his artistic projects and commissions for magazines, music labels and advertising agencies.
His portrait work is particularly distinctive, noted for its cinematic tone and iconic colour palette. Søren has portrayed artists such as Paul McCartney, Björk, Amy Winehouse, Patti Smith, Adele, Led Zeppelin, The White Stripes and David Lynch. Søren’s creative inspiration comes from many sources and he cites influences from the works of the filmmakers David Lynch and Wong Kar-Wai, the photographer Philip-Lorca di Corcia and the painter Caspar David Friedrich. His work has been exhibited in museums and galleries across the world and his fine art photography books include: Beat City (2006), Closer (2011), Souls (2011), Surface (2015) and Portraits 1993-2018 (2018).
