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Empire State building, New York City, 1986
Empire State building, New York City, 1986
Gregers Heering is a Danish photographer whose work moves between the factual and the poetic, often exploring the tension between formal structure and emotional resonance. With a solid footing in and respect for the history of the medium, his images reflect a deep curiosity about people, landscapes, and the stories that sit just beneath the surface.
After earning his M.F.A. from the American Film Institute in 2005, Gregers returned to his lifelong interest in photography and the power of the still image with renewed focus. A pivotal moment came in 2008, when he was invited to document homicide detectives in the American South. The project, Crime Ties, led to a collaboration with The Royal Danish Ballet, resulting in the bodies of work Beneath the Stage (2009) and Gravity (2014), and a solo exhibition at d’Angleterre in Copenhagen, opened by Her Majesty Queen Margrethe II.
Gregers’ early series from Greenland (2009) — quiet, color-rich landscapes — helped establish his name, first exhibited in Los Angeles (Gallery for the People, Soho House, 2012) and later at The Reventlow Museum in Denmark.
In 2015, he joined author Kirsten Jacobsen aboard the Majestic Maersk, then the world’s largest ship, for a 32-day voyage from Asia to Europe. Their book, Majestic Maersk: 32 Days Aboard the Biggest Ship in the World, was published by Gyldendal and led to a solo exhibition in Copenhagen. The project received international recognition, with features in CNN, The New York Observer, and Der Spiegel among others.
Recently, Gregers has worked mostly in black and white, creating analog photographs that reflect a refined personal vision. His recent work includes series from both Denmark and the U.S., including We Crawled from the Sea (2021-), Debs Park (2023-), Yosemite Souls (2016), Vermillion Sands, as well as photographs from his own neighborhood of Echo Park (2017) in Los Angeles, where he lives with his wife and daughter.
Deeply rooted in the tradition of photography, Gregers works almost exclusively with film, handling every stage of the process himself — from development to his handcrafted prints. His practice is slow, meticulous, and driven by the belief that the image begins long before the shutter clicks and really only finds completion in the viewer’s mind.
Contact:
studio@gregersheering.com
MOTHER’S FINEST [ART]
Gregers is also the founder of Mother’s Finest [ART], an artist-driven collective offering expertise and services for art production and presentation. Services and collaborations include curation, book design and editing, fine art printing and framing.
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