Tonny Tromborg Sørensen
Tonny Tromborg Sørensen’s photographic practice is a continuation of a life shaped by discipline, inner awareness, and a deep connection to nature. From the dojang to the darkroom, his journey traces a rare path — from being one of the first Taekwondo students in Denmark to achieving 6th Dan, entering the Hall of Fame as a World Champion, and later becoming a pioneering entrepreneur with global success in the fashion industry (founder of Von Dutch).
But Sørensen’s art is not about biography. It is about presence. His photographs explore what happens when the camera becomes an extension of consciousness — a tool for sensing rather than documenting. In this way, Sørensen brings the spirit of martial arts into the field of visual expression: awareness, repetition, breath, and flow.
Born in Copenhagen in 1964 and raised by his stepfather Steen Bjerregaard, one of Denmark’s earliest digital photography innovators, Sørensen grew up between analog craft and digital vision. Following decades of international work in sports and business, he returned to the image — not to capture the world, but to enter into it.
In works such as Eternal Forest, Sørensen creates visual meditations: richly layered compositions where time, light, and movement converge into atmosphere. Using long exposures and intentional motion, he removes spatial anchors. What remains is rhythm, veils, and trace — the sensation of being within nature’s memory, rather than observing it.
There is no fixed horizon, no clear perspective. Instead, the viewer is drawn into a liminal state — a kind of visual Zen. His art evokes the timeless serenity of Hiroshi Sugimoto, the elemental quiet of Richard Misrach, and the poetic abstractions of traditional East Asian ink painting.
At a time when photography is often used to amplify noise and spectacle, Sørensen insists on slowness, on intimacy, on stillness. His work is rooted in silence — yet vibrates with aliveness.
Just as martial arts is not merely about form, but spirit — so too is Sørensen’s photography a path of inner cultivation. Each image is a pause. A breath. A horizon within.
