Tom Martinsen | |
Birth Date: | 4 August 1943 |
Birth Place: | Tønsberg, Norway |
Nationality: | Norwegian |
Occupation: | Photographer |
Employer: | Dagbladet |
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Tom Martinsen (1943–2007) was a Norwegian photographer.
Born in Tønsberg on 4 August 1943, Martinsen studied photography with Christer Strömholm in Stockholm, and was appointed as reporting photographer for the newspaper Dagbladet from 1973. He was a co-founder of the Oslo gallery in 1977. His publications include the book 118 øyeblikk from 2003.[1]
Martinsen was awarded the Fritt Ord Honorary Award in 2006.[2]