BJORN IOOSS WAS BORN AND RAISED IN NEW YORK AND GRADUATED WITH A BFA IN PHOTOGRAPHY FROM THE RHODE ISLAND SCHOOL OF DESIGN. GROWING UP IMMERSED IN THE ARTS—HIS FATHER, A RENOWNED SPORTS PHOTOGRAPHER, AND HIS MOTHER, A PAINTER—BJORN DEVELOPED A DEEP APPRECIATION FOR ANALOG IMAGE-MAKING EARLY ON. HIS PORTRAITS EXPLORE THE BORDERS OF THE PHOTOJOURNALISTIC GENRE, COMBINING ELEMENTS OF THE DECISIVE MOMENT WITH THE REFLECTION AND CERTAINTY OF THE CLASSIC PORTRAIT. FOCUSING INITIALLY ON PORTRAITURE, BJORN PREDOMINANTLY CRAFTED HIS IMAGERY WITHIN THE REALMS OF FASHION AND BEAUTY PUBLICATIONS. DESPITE HIS CONSCIOUSLY PAIRED-BACK APPROACH, HIS COMPLEX UNDERSTANDING OF LIGHT AND COLOR HAS ENABLED HIM TO CREATE A DIVERSE BODY OF WORK, FROM STUDIO TO ON-LOCATION, WHERE THE HUMAN ELEMENT IS ALWAYS CENTRAL.