Following the terror attacks on July 22, 2011, in Oslo and on Utøya island the popular response was "more openness, more democracy". It was repeated by the Prime Minister as well. Sadly many people in position have not taken these words to be meant for them.
Since the attacks there has been a debate on the media's coverage as well. In my opinion most Norwegians don't realize just how insulated and sheltered they are in terms of media showing them, or rather not showing them, what happened on July 22. They got a glimpse last week when World Press Photo awarded a prize to a Swedish photographer, showing the full horror of Utøya.
I covered the bombing in Oslo. I have entered some of these pictures into the World Press Photo and Picture of the Year myself. I didn't see or photograph any dead bodies. I probably would have photographed them, if I saw them. I've asked myself a lot of questions regarding what I photographed and how I photographed it. What could I have done better (a lot!)? And what could the press in general have done better? I have some answers but many remain elusive.
All of the pictures I took in the centre of Oslo that day can be seen here. Unedited. No Photoshop. It is my way of saying : more openness!
(Due to a wrongly set time in one of my cameras, they are not in the exact order they were shot. So first there are the pictures from one camera (in the order they were shot), then the next. I've included the last frame prior to the bombing. Don't ask why. Think.)
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