About Douglas Carr
About Douglas Carr
Douglas Carr (b. 1970) is a Norwegian art photographer originally from South Africa, based in Oslo. His passion for photography began in childhood. By the age of 17 he had become the unofficial school photographer, and at the end of the year he photographed the school prom — marking the true start of his path as a photographer.
He studied photography at Cape Peninsula Technikon in Cape Town. In 1995 he left South Africa to travel the world, eventually settling in London for seven years. In 2003 he moved to Norway, where he opened portrait and wedding studios in Narvik and Harstad. Carr has won many awards for his photography and Portrait of the year in 2005.
In 2013 his passion shifted toward wildlife photography. This led him to the African bush, where he became a qualified safari ranger and started his own photo safari business. The pandemic in 2020 had a severe impact on many lives and businesses. Carr was forced to sell all his camera equipment and vehicles to support himself as tourism came to a halt.
In 2021 he returned to Oslo, and in 2023 he managed to buy a camera again. With his portrait and wedding days long behind him and no wildlife left to photograph in the city, he had to find a new subject. Through experimentation with new techniques, he developed his current style of urban street photography and established himself as an art photographer. Although he misses the African bush, he is deeply fulfilled by the art he creates with the camera today.
He captures the city in a dreamlike, painterly and often distorted way — a visual language shaped by his experiences with bipolar disorder. Driven by a deep passion for creating, Carr uses his art to explore vulnerability, resilience, and the force that keeps him moving forward.
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