The Places We Live

In 2008 more people live in cities than in rural areas. One third of city dwellers, more than a billion people, live in slums. In the exhibition, “The Places We Live”, Magnum photographer Jonas Bendiksen presents 20 homes in four different slum areas.

The exhibition – a unique multimedia installation – challenges viewers to reflect on what it means to live in a city in the 21st century. Bendiksen has visited four slums selected according to geographical spread and variation. He depicts various aspects of slum life, from worst-offs to slum chiefs.

Jonas Bendiksen is the first Norwegian, and Nordic, photographer to become member of the prestigious photography agency MAGNUM, represented in Norway by All Over Press. Bendiksens works have been published in international magazines such as National Geographic, GEO, Newsweek, Vanity Fair, The Independent on Sunday Review, The Sunday Times Magazine, Mother Jones and Le Monde II. 

“The Places We Live” is a travelling exhibition shown for the first time in the Main Hall of the Nobel Peace Center from 6 June 2008 to February 2009. The technical exhibition partner is Canon.