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Sivert Almvik
@sivertalmvik.no
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Day job: Communications advisor in the norwegian public sector.
My own time: Street and documentary photography.

My blog: sivertalmvik.no

Founder of Oslo Street Photography Collective: oslospc.com
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Sivert Almvik @sivertalmvik.no · Mar 29
Trond Lindholm jokes about how he had a midlife crisis when turned 50, and went down the street photography route. Now he's doing what he calls «people photography»: youtu.be/A4cUQgsb274
The Photographers of Oslo: Trond Lindholm | DOCUMENTARY
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I just posted some photos from my trip to Saigon/Ho Chi Min and Hanoi, and with a short text on my thoughts on why I only used one lens for the whole trip: www.sivertalmvik.no/blog/street-...

#StreetPhotography #Photography #TravelPhotography #NikonZf
Street photography in Saigon and Hanoi, Vietnam
I went to South East Asia with one camera and two lenses. I only used one lens. Here’s a selection of street photos from Saigon (Ho Chi Min City) and Hanoi in Vietnam.
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February 7, 2026 at 9:20 AM
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From yesterday's launch party for the third Oslo Street Photo Festival. Interested in street photography? Then come to Oslo on the 5-7. June!

Check out more details on: www.ospf.no

#Photography #PhotoFestival #StreetPhotography
Black-and-white photo of two men standing indoors, each holding up a printed poster for the Oslo Street Photo Festival. The posters show a street photography image, dates, and a QR code. The men face the camera in a casual bar-like setting. Black-and-white photo of people seated at a long table in a bar. A woman in the foreground smiles directly at the camera. Next to her, a man wearing glasses leans in and flashes a peace sign. Other guests sit and talk in the background. Black-and-white photo of a man seated indoors, holding a camera up to his face as he takes a picture. He wears a blazer and T-shirt, with the camera strap hanging down. A dark wall and a graphic mural form the background, giving the scene a casual, intimate atmosphere. Black-and-white portrait of a bearded man wearing a knit beanie and a light sweater, smiling at the camera. The background shows a dark bar interior with hanging lights and blurred figures.
February 6, 2026 at 10:33 AM
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Messing around with kitchy black and white images to test the grain feature on my Nikon Zf
#Photography #blackandwhite
Black-and-white photo taken from ground level, looking up at a modern building façade with rows of square windows. Bare tree branches stretch across the top of the frame against a bright, overexposed sky, creating a stark contrast between rigid architecture and organic lines. High-contrast black-and-white photo of a large, leafless tree seen from below. The dark trunk rises centrally, with a dense web of twisting branches spreading outward against a bright white sky, forming an intricate, almost abstract pattern.
February 4, 2026 at 10:25 AM
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We at Oslo SPC held our second annual general meeting as an association. Here are a few pictures I took of those who turned up.
January 30, 2026 at 8:37 AM
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I spent three weeks traveling in South East Asia with one camera, and two lenses. Used only one lens. Here are some street photos I took in Bangkok, Thailand: www.sivertalmvik.no/blog/street-...

#streetphotography #photography #NikonZf #Nikon
Street photography in Bangkok, Thailand
I went to South East Asia with one camera and two lenses. I only used one lens. Here’s a selection of street photos from Bangkok, Thailand.
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January 27, 2026 at 5:50 PM
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-- Vi trenger et ærlig og skikkelig oppgjør med en plattformøkonomi der barns oppmerksomhet er blitt handelsvare, og der «vi følger bare reglene» har blitt det mest brukte moralske frikortet, skriver Hans-Petter Nygård-Hansen

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- Snapchats moralske frikort koster barna våre dyrt
- Snapchat «lager ikke reglene», men de velger hvordan de tolker dem, skriver Hans-Petter Nygård-Hansen.
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January 13, 2026 at 1:37 PM
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Spent a few days in Hanoi, Vietnam this Christmas. Spotted a cock on the railway
#Photography #StreetPhotography
People at a trackside café watch a rooster wander between train rails and a small dog in a red sweater.
January 13, 2026 at 1:40 PM
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Jeg har hørt så mye om vibe-koding at jeg måtte prøve det sjøl. Gikk OK.
**ALT-tekst (norsk):** Skjermbilde av en chat i mørk modus. Øverst vises brukerens melding: «Vibe code med meg. Skriv et program i BASIC som skriver “bananflesk” på skjermen hvert 30 sekund». Under følger et lengre svar som forklarer at det finnes mange BASIC-dialekter. Svaret inneholder to kodeblokker: én med et enkelt BASIC-program som bruker `PRINT "bananflesk"`, `SLEEP 30` og `GOTO 10`, og en annen som viser en alternativ løsning med `TIMER` og en løkke. Teksten beskriver programmet humoristisk som et «bananflesk-orakel» og avsluttes med en metafor om et livslangt drypp av bananflesk som en fruktig metronom.
January 13, 2026 at 12:09 PM
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Last Saturday I took pictures of people bashing and stabbing each other with longswords: www.sivertalmvik.no/blog/hema-in...

#DocumentaryPhotography #Photography #Blog #HEMA #Fencing
HEMA in Oslo: Photos from the Oslo Penguin Cup 2025
I photographed the Oslo Penguin Cup 2025 at Bygdøy in Oslo, a two-day Historical European Martial Arts (HEMA) tournament featuring longsword, sabre and rapier. Here are the images that capture the spe...
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November 21, 2025 at 8:10 AM
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I shot 1168 images in three hours of people fighting with longswords today. Going back tomorrow. Need to slow down. It was fun! Shot with manual focus lenses. It was hard, but I got the handle of it pretty quick.
#DocumentaryPhotography #Photography #Fencing #Longswords
Two fighters in full HEMA protective gear clash with longswords in a sports hall, their blades meeting above their heads. Several spectators in armour watch from the background. ALT text: Two HEMA practitioners wearing padded jackets and arm protection bump fists after a bout, while others in the hall talk and rest in the background. Two armoured HEMA fencers stand ready with longswords while two people in the foreground talk. The two fencers look toward the camera, one wearing a fencing mask. A woman in full HEMA gear stands with hands on hips next to a woman seated on her knees, while two medical assistance sit at a table behind them in a wooden-panelled sports hall.
November 15, 2025 at 1:19 PM
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Surf or die
#StreetPhotography
A person in a wetsuit balances on a hydrofoil board near the MUNCH museum in Oslo, with another person standing on a dock in the foreground. The large, tilted grey museum building dominates the scene under a cloudy sky. Two people in wetsuits are standing on floating docks in a harbour under construction, surrounded by cranes and new apartment buildings. In the background, autumn trees and Akershus Fortress can be seen on the hill under a grey sky.
November 12, 2025 at 6:00 AM
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It is when hear how other photographers organize their photos that you realize people are actually maniacs
November 1, 2025 at 11:36 AM
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I just posted a video in my serie «Photographers of Oslo». This time it is about Nicolas Levy and his photo project on Bygdøyfergene (the Bygdøy ferries) in Oslo, Norway
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#DocumentaryPhotography #DocumentaryFilm #PhotoJournalism
Photographers of Oslo – Nicolas Levy and the Bygdøyfergene (Bygdøy ferries) in Oslo
YouTube video by Sivert Almvik
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October 5, 2025 at 5:31 PM
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Nicolas Levy explains why he doesn’t shoot in hiding—he’s there with the person, sharing the moment, building the photograph together.

Part of my ongoing project «Photographers of Oslo». The full video with Nicolas Levy will be out soon on YouTube!
#PhotographersOfOslo #DocumentaryPhotography
September 29, 2025 at 11:03 AM
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Every time I use an LLM, I always say «thank you» and «please» when interacting with it – like it is a human being.
September 28, 2025 at 8:18 AM
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Last sunday here in Oslo, Tamima Nibras Juhar was murdered by a far right activist. Today people gathered to remember her and take a stance against racism and violence, and the far right.
August 31, 2025 at 1:03 PM
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I bought a zine from a friend yesterday. He signed it.
#PhotoZine #Photography #PhallicDrawings
A person signing a printed street photo at a wooden table, surrounded by headphones, a phone, and a glass.
August 29, 2025 at 4:30 PM
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A shot from a disposable camera photowalk this summer arranged by Oslo SPC, my street photography collective

#StreetPhotography #Photography #DisposableCamera #Filmphotography
August 22, 2025 at 1:43 PM
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I shot a few photos around the Royal Palace in Oslo, Norway: www.sivertalmvik.no/blog/street-...
#StreetPhotography #Photography #SummerProject #Blogs
Street photography at the Royal Palace in Oslo – a mini summer project
This summer I did a simple mini-project of street photography in Oslo. I shot pictures at the Royal Palace, guided by intuition and candid photos.
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August 22, 2025 at 12:07 PM
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Fant 50 eurocent på bakken. Fy faen, nå kan det gå bare en vei!
August 21, 2025 at 12:30 PM
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Walked outside of Stortinget where Vebjørn Bjelland Berg was being thrown out by the police. He is on a hunger strike to get the norwegian government to start phasing out oil and gas. This is day 21 on hunger strike.
#PhotoJournalism #StreetPhotography #DocumentaryPhotography
August 19, 2025 at 5:25 PM
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What people have told me on how to do photography: 👇

- Never have a black or a white point in your image. You should be able to see the spots on the sun and Satan himself in the blackest depths of hell!

- Never shoot higher than the base ISO. If you do, you’ll ruin your photos with noise!
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August 11, 2025 at 8:56 AM
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Old camera gear boxes are pretty nice to look at
July 23, 2025 at 5:25 AM
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Online comments tend to obsess over what's «real» or «authentic» in street photography, but not the picture taking act itself. But who really decides how street photos should be taken, and why do we care so much?: www.sivertalmvik.no/blog/street-...
#streetphotography #photography
Street photography myths: Why the Decisive Moment isn’t about the technique
Does burst mode make you less of a «real» street photographer? A critical YouTube comment got me thinking about outdated rules in street photography—and why capturing the moment matters far more than ...
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July 19, 2025 at 6:17 AM
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Tucked away in a drawer for 18 years, a roll of Fuji Reala 100 unexpectedly revealed a lost chapter from my student days in Trondheim. The colours were still intact – and so were the stories. Here's what I found: www.sivertalmvik.no/b/Cv
#FilmPhotography #Photography #Blog
I developed a forgotten film roll from 2007 – and uncovered memories I didn’t know I had
Tucked away in a drawer for 18 years, a roll of Fuji Reala 100 unexpectedly revealed a lost chapter from my student days in Trondheim. The colours were still intact – and so were the stories. Here's w...
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July 2, 2025 at 10:15 AM