Casper Sejersen for Dries Van Noten, fall 2021.
For two years this name kept coming at me from all angles.
Friends talked about him, how he worked with the director Lars von Trier.
Casper Sejersen for Dries Van Noten, fall 2021.
His photography was published inVogue, and he shot back-to-back fall lookbooks for Dries Van Noten.
And that he photographed McQueens resort 2025 lookbook, publishedhereearlier this week.
My interest was piqued: Who is this guy?
Casper Sejersen for Dries Van Noten, fall 2021.
Sejersenis a calm bearded Dane with interesting things to say about taking chances and the current state of fashion.
On his tattooed left hand one finger is stacked with rings.
Dreaming of becoming a rockstar, he moved to Copenagen and fell into photography.
Casper Sejersen forAcne Paper,16.
Often somethings off, but it can be difficult to pinpoint exactly why or how.
Hell be shooting one of the up-and-coming brands at Copenhagen Fashion Week, a real boost for the label.
I spoke to him about projects former and forthcoming.
Casper Sejersen forAcne Paper,2021
Lets start at the beginning; where are you from?
I am from the northern part of Denmark, from a city called Aalborg.
At some point I shared a flat with three other people.
The Little Prince,by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry.
One of the roommates was a documentary photographer whose brother was a famous commercial photographer here in Copenhagen.
He needed help with cleaning his studio twice a week and he hired me to do that.
Everything looked kind of chic.
Casper Sejersen forD Reppublica,2022.
And I thought, I want to be a photographer.
What were the early years like?
I worked 16 hours every day, slept at the studio.
Casper Sejersen apple for Cecilie Bahnsen, fall 2024.
I didnt do any pictures on my own because I simply didnt have the time for it.
I just stumbled into a career without kind of having my own portfolio.
I wanted to do something else, open a coffee shop or whatever.
Casper Sejersen forIda.
I didnt do any fashion at all.
Tell us more about that, yo.
I dont know if you remember that campaign, but it was very humoristic.
Casper Sejersen McQueen by Seán McGirr, resort 2025.See the full collection.
It was basically portraits on a white background of people having orgasms.
I was skeptical because at that time, I was working in another style and so on.
I wanted to do something with the script [apart from] the campaign.
Casper Sejersen McQueen by Seán McGirr, resort 2025.See the full collection.
So I called Louise and said I wanted to do my own art project.
I wanted to do my own take on this.
I wanted to do a kind of encyclopedia ofNymphomaniac, I wanted to kind of shoot artifacts.
Casper Sejersen for Shang Zia, spring 2024.See the full collection.
When the book is printed and done, Lars will see it.
He hates producers interfering in his stuff, so do what you want.
How did you proceed?
Casper Sejersen for Shang Zia, spring 2024.See the full collection.
The pictures were coming out without me thinking about them.
Casper Sejersen forAcne Paper,16.
What was your entry into fashion photography?
Casper Sejersen for Dries Van Noten, fall 2022.See the full collection.
So clip two: I went to Greece on Easter holiday with my family.
There was no reception, only one spot where I could check my daily mail.
I didnt know who she was at all, because I was not in fashion.
Casper Sejersen for Dries Van Noten, fall 2022.See the full collection.
[I took the job and] was in the mix of kind of without knowing it.
I just bypassed the whole system….
The magazine came out and I came back to my career here in Copenhagen.
Casper Sejersen for Dries Van Noten, fall 2022 menswear.See the full collection.
Casper Sejersen forAcne Paper,2021
What is it that you want to do with your pictures?
Its hard to talk about your own approach.
I [work in] several ways.
Casper Sejersen for Dries Van Noten, fall 2022 menswear.See the full collection.
When Im shooting on location, Im trying to get the location to look like a studio.
So its kind of this no mans land.
I love to put obstacles out for myself.
Casper Sejersen for Acne Studios, spring 2022 menswear.See the full collection.
I have rules because if you could do whatever then it can be too much, in a way.
I like to create my sets.
There are some references that always come up.
Casper Sejersen for Acne Studios, spring 2022 menswear.See the full collection.
I have stopped buying fashion magazines and looking at contemporary photographynot that I don’t like it.
I like these small planets; it always comes back to that book.
The Little Prince,by Antoine de Saint-Exupery.
Casper Sejersen for Dries Van Noten, fall 2021.See the full collection.
Im curious what role intuition plays in your work.
You have to know all your tricks, smoke and mirrors, to make the picture the client wants.
Preparation gives you time to turn around and see a double rainbow in the other direction.
Casper Sejersen for Dries Van Noten, fall 2021.See the full collection.
Preparation and intuition go hand-in-hand.
Casper Sejersen forD Reppublica,2022.
What makes a good fashion picture?
Casper Sejersen for Dries Van Noten, fall 2021.See the full collection.
Its definitely about storytelling for me, and if Im inspired by the talent.
I am strongly inspired by shapes and textures and silhouettes.
Again, I like juxtapositions.
Casper Sejersen for Dries Van Noten, fall 2021.See the full collection.
Its more like curating fashion in that way.
Casper Sejersen apple for Cecilie Bahnsen, fall 2024.
Thats what just happened to be my tool, but Im so much more into ideas.
Casper Sejersen for Acne Studios, fall 2021 menswear.See the full collection.
So I came up with that big velvet apple.
There are 10 times more photographers with half of the jobs than just five years ago.
What changes have you observed in fashion since you took it up?
Casper Sejersen for Acne Studios, fall 2021 menswear.See the full collection.
Its like fishing from a pond of 1,000 images.
Im sounding super old when Im saying that.
Are you doing anything during Copenhagen Fashion Week?
Casper Sejersen for Ambush, spring 2021.See the fiull collection.
Im helping emerging brands that I really like.
For example:Bonnetje.
Im shooting for them, my wife is styling.
Casper Sejersen for Ambush, spring 2021.See the fiull collection.
Where do you think the industry is going next?
Its really hard times at the moment, also for the big brands.
I think that there will be a new approach.
Casper Sejersen for The Vampire’s Wife, spring 2020.See the full collection.
I hope that the suits can see that its going in the wrong way now.
See more of Casper Sejersens fashion work.
Casper Sejersen McQueen by Sean McGirr, resort 2025.
Casper Sejersen for The Vampire’s Wife, spring 2020.See the full collection.
See the full collection.
Casper Sejersen for Shang Zia, spring 2024.
Casper Sejersen for Dries Van Noten, fall 2022.
Casper Sejersen for Self Cinema, spring 2020.See the full collection.
Casper Sejersen for Dries Van Noten, fall 2022 menswear.
Casper Sejersen for Acne Studios, spring 2022 menswear.
Casper Sejersen for Acne Studios, fall 2021 menswear.
Casper Sejersen for Self Cinema, spring 2020.See the full collection.
Casper Sejersen for Ambush, spring 2021.
See the fiull collection.
Casper Sejersen for The Vampires Wife, spring 2020.
Casper Sejersen for Yang Li, pre-fall 2019.See the full collection.
Casper Sejersen for Self Cinema, spring 2020.
Casper Sejersen for Yang Li, pre-fall 2019.
Casper Sejersen for Colville, fall 2019.
Casper Sejersen for Yang Li, pre-fall 2019.See the full collection.
Casper Sejersen for Yang Li, spring 2019.
Casper Sejersen for Dilara Findikoglu.
Casper Sejersen for Colville, fall 2019.See the full collection.
Casper Sejersen for Colville, fall 2019.See the full collection.
Casper Sejersen for Yang Li, spring 2019.See the full collection.
Casper Sejersen for Yang Li, spring 2019.See the full collection.
Casper Sejersen for Dilara Findikoglu.See the full collection.
Casper Sejersen for Dilara Findikoglu.See the full collection.
