Jonas Bendiksen, a Norwegian born in 1977, began his career at the age of nineteen as an intern in Magnum’s London office before leaving for Russia to pursue his passion for photojournalism. Over the years much of his work has focused on isolated communities living on the fringes of society. He has received worldwide recognition and numerous awards, and has been working regularly for National Geographic since 2004, the same year he joined Magnum. Here is the story of his amazing, heartfelt adventure photographing extreme skiing at Chamonix with what he thought was an unlikely camera: the formidable medium-format Leica S2.
