Fotograf Øivind Haug

31/05/2026

14/01/2026

Lately I’ve been thinking a lot about input — the kind that quietly shapes your eye over time.
If I want my work to stay honest and alive, I have to keep feeding it with quality.

I’m really grateful I’ve built a small library of photobooks I return to again and again. Not necessarily photographers who shoots like me — sometimes the opposite. What I’m after is rhythm, editing, pacing… the way a story is built.

Instagram can be great for quick sparks, but a photobook gives me something completely different: a slower kind of inspiration. The pages are sequenced with intention. The images breathe. You feel the thought behind every turn.

It’s a reminder that seeing isn’t just scrolling — it’s spending time.

13/03/2025

From my many years of experience working behind the camera, I’ve learned that the most striking photos usually come to me when I prepare less. As a result, I carry less equipment with me on shoots, and I avoid looking up the location in advance. Instead than the photos taken before me, I prefer to let intuition and curiosity guide my eye.⁠
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I took these photos during my trip to the Himalayas for in 2020, just before the world shut down. On the final day of my trip, I suddenly noticed a beautiful golden light hitting the Buddhist Spituk Monastery ahead of us. It was too far away to get a good shot, and I knew I only had 15 minutes or so to capture it in this exact light – otherwise, the moment would be gone. I had my driver, Rashid, race the narrow dirt roads to get close enough in time. We got there just in time to shoot a few frames. One minute later, it was dark. The moment ended up on the cover of the magazine's October Issue. ⁠
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10/03/2025

Tangier ❤️❤️❤️

18/02/2025

From my many years of experience working behind the camera, I’ve learned that the most striking photos usually come to me when I prepare less. As a result, I carry less equipment with me on shoots, and I avoid looking up the location in advance. Instead than the photos taken before me, I prefer to let intuition and curiosity guide my eye.⁠
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I took these photos during my trip to the Himalayas for in 2020, just before the world shut down. On the final day of my trip, I suddenly noticed a beautiful golden light hitting the Buddhist Spituk Monastery ahead of us. It was too far away to get a good shot, and I knew I only had 15 minutes or so to capture it in this exact light – otherwise, the moment would be gone. I had my driver, Rashid, race the narrow dirt roads to get close enough in time. We got there just in time to shoot a few frames. One minute later, it was dark. The moment ended up on the cover of the magazine's October Issue. ⁠
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13/02/2025

When photographing food, I enjoy incorporating the surroundings into the picture: it can be the table itself or the overall atmosphere of the restaurant. Since I often work with food in a restaurant setting, there’s a limit to how much equipment I can bring. I usually have to improvise quite a bit to find the perfect lighting or background. Sometimes, this means bringing the plate over to a window or even out into the restaurant’s backyard. It’s about finding the right light, as well as colours and surroundings that reflect the dish, and the place as a whole.⁠
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Once, in Naples, I ended up photographing a plate of food on a sidewalk. I must have looked mad to the people passing by, bent over with a camera on a busy street. But when you cut out the surroundings and focus on the plate of delicious food, it actually looks quite beautiful.⁠
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I’m not a food photographer, nor do I aim to become one. At the same time, food is such a central part of a travelling—and therefore, a big part of what I do. Food means a lot to a culture, and my job is to capture that essence.⁠
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