born in 1969
1997 exam in architecture
1999 freelance photographer
Sven Jacobsen’s career in photography reflects his life philosophy.
He is self-taught and steered clear of a conventional education.
In 1997, he obtained his diploma in architecture,which he was content to draw on as a blueprint for his budding work as a freelance
photographer, extrapolating functional compositions from minimal means.
In order to achieve an effect, one must follow a concept’s innate dynamics and recognize the paths flowing from them.
What is simple only is good if the means are an afterthought and materialize on their own.
While architecture bows to its function, the photograph remains a personal statement.
Sven Jacobsen´s photography is distinguished by a strong draw back to more simplicity and awareness.
It is a radical demand to preserve genuine truth in an over-engineered world, which he strives to capture in his pictures.
He tries to find bliss in the simplest things and aesthetics of the moment, , in order to render a mood visible.
he is mostly concerned with emotionality, lightness and authenticity.
For him it is important finding the essence of things, going back to ones roots, back home, embracing imperfections and spreading warmth and truth.
This is what he portrays in his emotional and warm picture language, which defies the modern day need for perfection.
His images are something of an homage to a world that is very close and beckons daily.
bookprojects
2012 back to mama, 272 pages 300x240mm kehrer verlag heidelberg / berlin
2008 i love, 144 pages, 113 images,size 300 x 210mm
2007 artbuyer germany 2008, 320 pages,size 240 x 300mm seltmann und söhne verlag berlin
2004 safari, 120 pages, b/w portraits,size 210 x 250mm
2002 schön, 120 pages, 85 images,size 210 x 270 mm