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The Mindset of a Hasselblad Master Photographer - Tina Signesdottir, E109

2/19/20261 hr 20 min

Tina Signesdottir is a Norwegian fine art portrait photographer and Hasselblad Master, known for natural light portraits with rare emotional intimacy. In her first ever podcast appearance, Tina speaks candidly about the origins of her work, the role photography played in survival and self-expression, and what it actually takes to build images that feel real in a world flooded with content. 

We go deep on photographing with honesty, why relationship and trust are the invisible foundations of portraiture, and how Tina thinks about awards, rejection, and the pressure that follows recognition. Tina also shares how s...

Clips

Dark past shapes art
Announcing Colliding Worlds
Rejected, then it won
No smiles, only truth
Art that kept me alive
Awards as side effects
Three voices in a photo
Stepping away from platforms

Transcript preview

First 90 seconds

  1. Tina Signesdottir· Guest0:00

    Uh, I've never spoken about this before. I think I have so much to tell that it's even hard to know where to start. I have been through tough things in my life. I never believed that I had things in me that I could be proud of.

  2. Matt Jacob· Host0:12

    Fast-forward to the Hasselblad Masters. Your life probably changed after that.

  3. Tina Signesdottir· Guest0:18

    Being awarded and all this fame that has come, like, that's like side effects of it. That's never why I did photography. I don't know if I can do anything good again. Like, was this it? Is this it now?

  4. Matt Jacob· Host0:30

    I'm convinced that the best art comes from those that know themselves the best.

  5. Tina Signesdottir· Guest0:37

    People just want to see some grasp of realness. What is your voice?

  6. Matt Jacob· Host0:42

    What are we not talking about in the photography industry, or what are we not talking about enough?

  7. Tina Signesdottir· Guest0:48

    That's actually a very hard question.

  8. Matt Jacob· Host0:50

    Okay, Tina, um, thank you for joining me and welcome to the Moo Podcast. Great to finally have you on.

  9. Tina Signesdottir· Guest1:05

    Thank you so much, Matt. It's, uh, it's very nice to be here too.

  10. Matt Jacob· Host1:09

    [laughs] Now, this is your first po- I think I have the honor, if I'm, if I'm not mistaken, of being the first podcast that you've, you've appeared on. You've done many speaking engagements, which we're gonna get onto, but- Yeah ... yeah, really grateful- Yeah ... and, and very honored. Thanks for, um, taking the time.

  11. Tina Signesdottir· Guest1:25

    Well, thank you. [clears throat] You definitely have the honor. This is my first podcast

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