TEN YEARS (2012 - 2021)
The summer of 2021 marked the tenth anniversary of the terrorist attack on the island of Utoya on July 22, 2011. In the year following the incident, I portrayed the young people who survived. I visited Utoya; today a peaceful island, but full of wounds and memories. In 2021 I made a new portrait of some of the survivors. They are now young adults; some of them live a quiet family life in the suburbs, others have become politicians. Some manage to put their experiences to good use through work or social engagement; others feel they never received the help they needed and were promised. More than a third of them still struggle with PTSD.
![A wooden stage on the hills of Utoya island.](https://format.creatorcdn.com/43a0d845-fca4-420e-ba00-57fac5661872/0/0/0/0,0,2500,1833,2500,1200/0-0-0/dd391dfb-49b6-4cf2-a4a0-7fc50a0d493e/1/1/AGJ01.jpg?fjkss=exp=2037540796~hmac=975e6b7c8420e08f57d7926261a19bdc0306e727b9214747fa8545226228bfa4)
![A leaf that casts shadows on the tree trunk on The Love Path on Utoya](https://format.creatorcdn.com/43a0d845-fca4-420e-ba00-57fac5661872/0/0/0/0,0,1471,1876,1600,1876/0-0-0/bc4d059a-5de6-416e-8650-6b1dcd7e7fd4/1/1/AGJ04.jpg?fjkss=exp=2037540796~hmac=e24caefc3750c3a87c7661295cddc4562b0562cd4b43272546aabcda4599c5f6)
![Threes in a hill with long shadows](https://format.creatorcdn.com/43a0d845-fca4-420e-ba00-57fac5661872/0/0/0/0,0,1437,1833,1600,1833/0-0-0/8e38cbc6-897f-498f-9c38-fe7aad7fa139/1/1/AGJ07.jpg?fjkss=exp=2037540796~hmac=05ff8e97a303cf8eb21fe34e6e05e335ef6199dbec1343da39d0d0f156bd0a7e)
![Sunlight shining through the grass on the Utoya island](https://format.creatorcdn.com/43a0d845-fca4-420e-ba00-57fac5661872/0/0/0/0,0,2282,2910,1600,2910/0-0-0/5559d7c7-338a-434a-8e9b-531fb53d9986/1/1/AGJ10.jpg?fjkss=exp=2037540796~hmac=9b8a6c6a699d8eca6c526f00bca2d34c2d6a3ea86de492b98fe6d8bc6138df8d)
![The school building on the island of Utoya](https://format.creatorcdn.com/43a0d845-fca4-420e-ba00-57fac5661872/0/0/0/0,0,1178,1503,1600,1503/0-0-0/9d16f7d9-22a7-4584-8b1c-69291a375231/1/1/AGJ13.jpg?fjkss=exp=2037540796~hmac=9677e062f17414c8d785d2baad796e21d028246f7afadde4fcd6e477ee118d0a)
![Stones on the sea shore of Utoya island](https://format.creatorcdn.com/43a0d845-fca4-420e-ba00-57fac5661872/0/0/0/0,0,1828,2333,1600,2333/0-0-0/08f1c14d-97a0-4b51-8a7d-e512ad7e1a10/1/1/AGJ16.jpg?fjkss=exp=2037540796~hmac=94a533bd809079db04f7ab8f5c1a4adcc637a1e667d335c60a219f8d4229f876)
![Tables and benches outside the cafeteria on Utoya](https://format.creatorcdn.com/43a0d845-fca4-420e-ba00-57fac5661872/0/0/0/0,0,2245,2864,1600,2864/0-0-0/26bb512f-e6e1-4179-a32e-4c3d55dd3aa6/1/1/AGJ19.jpg?fjkss=exp=2037540796~hmac=62cd209c366426f88e259cb67e0d3c1e14e4fdd09a04279e5ed25c60f2d38e43)
![A wooden fence along the water's edge on "The Love Path" on Utoya](https://format.creatorcdn.com/43a0d845-fca4-420e-ba00-57fac5661872/0/0/0/0,0,1178,1503,1600,1503/0-0-0/8098a7fd-845c-49e4-b7b5-a900e3ab5ad2/1/1/AGJ22.jpg?fjkss=exp=2037540796~hmac=9677e062f17414c8d785d2baad796e21d028246f7afadde4fcd6e477ee118d0a)