Photographer Jens Assur

Jens Assur started his career at Dagbladet in Sundsvall, as a reporter and photographer, 1986-1990. In 1990-1997 he was employed as a staff photographer at Expressen, a daily newspaper in Scandinavia. He produced several photo essays from Somalia, Rwanda, South Africa and former Yugoslavia amongst other countries earning a Photographer of the year at the age of 23. In 1997 Assur left Expressen to start his company Studio Jens Assur and worked on art and film projects.

During the 1990:s Jens Assur was devoted to depict developing countries, but in recent years he has switched focus to the industrialized parts of the world. Examples of these are his works This is My Time, This is My Life, Hunger and Thailand – A Charter Paradise.
In addition to his art and film projects, Jens Assur holds lectures and is featured on news programmes, television shows and in magazines.

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