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Niels Johansen, Photographer
“Pictures are to my eyes what music is to my ears”
When Niels Johansen received a camera at age 15, he soon realized that he had also received the long-awaited missing link.
As a teen, Niels was already 10 years into a career as a concert pianist, dominating piano competitions throughout his native country Denmark. Even then, however, he was frustrated with the short-lived impact of his art.
Says Niels: As an acoustical artist I always felt handicapped by the fact that my audience would lose the “experience of my art” only moments after a concert. Once my hands left the keyboard, my art had essentially vanished. I remember the envy I had for painters in that their feelings and expressions were manifested on a media accessible at all times- the canvas.
Niels soon realized that the camera allowed him the same “presence” as a painting. With the camera, he was immediately able to transform creations of harmonies, moods and balances into spaces, shapes and colors. Moreover, because Niels had been raised on a farm in Denmark, he had a special connection with nature. This, in conjunction with his propensity for details as required by his music, inspired Niels to capture those unexpected moments and effectively preserve them.
Without question, Niels had found the missing link.
Today, Niels Johansen lives in South Florida and photographs for special assignments.
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