Street Photography
Tyheim, is a Norwegian contemporary photographer whose practice centers around unfiltered street portraiture.
Tyheim is drawn to the raw, often overlooked individuals who inhabit the urban landscape. His images reveal the textures of real life—faces marked by experience, expressions caught between vulnerability and defiance. Each portrait is a study in presence, cutting through artifice to reveal something deeply human.
Working with a Leica M11, Tyheim approaches the street as both stage and canvas. His photographs don’t merely document—they invite the viewer into an unvarnished reality that’s both beautiful and brutal. Through this lens, everyday encounters become powerful visual narratives, steeped in authenticity and emotional weight.
Black Depression
Work in Progress: Upcoming book
Kensington, Philadelphia is one of the most brutal neighborhoods in the United States. It’s a place torn apart by fentanyl, street violence, poverty, and systemic failure. Homicides are common. Overdoses happen in the open. People live—and often collapse—on the sidewalks. The atmosphere is heavy, desperate, and raw.
The images in this book are shaped by that depression and disintegration. They reflect what it feels like to stand inside that world: close, uncomfortable, and real—yet strangely vibrant, colorful, and, in its own way, beautiful. These are visual expressions of despair, not explanations of it. Nothing is staged. Nothing is embellished. This is art pulled from the edge.
Plur Blow
Work in Progress: Upcoming book
Get pulled into the sweat-soaked heart of rave culture with this forthcoming photobook—a collision of flash, flesh, and fevered rhythm. These images hit hard, capturing the split-second chaos of nights lived at full volume. Every frame is a punch of reality—no filters, no staging—just the pulse of the underground laid bare in all its beautiful disorder.
Books
The Bookshelf
Tyheim’s photobooks cut straight to the bone—raw portraits of city life that most people walk past without a second glance. Each image drags the overlooked into the spotlight, exposing the grit, tension, and quiet dignity etched into every face. These aren’t just photographs—they’re fragments of the human condition, unfiltered and unapologetically real.
Refugee Ground
Work in Progress: Upcoming book
Photobook
Awaiting approval from the Ministry of Migration and International Protection - Republic of Cyprus.
Gothenburg Faces
Book: Gothenburg Faces
For over a year, Tyheim has roamed the streets of Gothenburg, Sweden. His photobook Gothenburg Faces delves into the city's soul. Each page offers a visceral journey through portraits that reveal the often-overlooked beauty of everyday encounters.
Featuring more than 50 images, this book is more than just a collection of photographs—it’s a powerful narrative steeped in authenticity, breathing life into the raw human essence of Gothenburg.
Streetwise
Signed Prints
Crafted in Stockholm, Sweden on Hahnemühle Fine Art Baryta paper, each piece features a bright white, cellulose-based structure enhanced with a semi-gloss coating. These artworks offer perfect color reproduction, with deep blacks and remarkable contrasts that vividly bring each scene to life. The paper's exquisite felt structure and barium sulfate coating enhance image quality and depth, echoing the feel of traditional analog baryta paper and elevating each piece to exhibition-quality status.
Experience exceptional quality and craftsmanship that distinguish these prints as true collector’s items.
