Petter Hegre
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Petter Hegre (born 1969, Norway) is a Norwegian photographer, most famous for his nude photography of women.
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[edit] Biography
Hegre studied at the Brooks Institute of Photography in California and worked in New York with Richard Avedon before returning to his native Norway. He received the "Photographer of the Year 2001" award at the 8th annual 'Erotic Oscars' in London. He went on to publish six books and have his work exhibited internationally.
Petter Hegre is married to model Luba Shumeyko and they divide their time between a villa set in orange groves in the Algarve, Portugal and an atelier in the heart of Paris.
Hegre-Art.com, his official website, was launched in 2002 as Hegre-Archives.com and has become one of the most highly rated softcore adult websites on the internet. It underwent a dramatic redesign in December 2005, coinciding with the name change.
On the 5 August 2004, Global Media Publishing and Petter Hegre announce the publication of: HEGRE: The New Nude - No. 1 Autumn 2004. This erotic art photography print magazine would be relaunched as The New Nude in the summer of 2005, with Hegre as the creative director and chief photographer.
[edit] Awards
2001 - Photographer of the Year 2001 award at the 8th annual Erotic Oscars
[edit] Books by Petter Hegre
- 100 Nude Models, 2006
- Petter Hegre: 100 Naked Girls, 2004: Foreword By Clifford Thurlow
- Wild Shaven Angel, 2003
- Luba, 2003
- Russian Lolita, 2002
- My Book, 2000
- My Wife, 2000: by Corporate Author Svanborg Thorisdottir
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
- Hegre-Art.com Petter Hegre's official website (Warning: Mature Content.)
- NewNudeMag.com Official The New Nude Mag website (Warning: Mature Content.)
