Emil Schildt
My name is Emil Schildt.
I was born in 1958, but I am only 35 years old!!
and I am keeping it that way…;-)
I am originally trained as a classical musician, playing the flute, but after my final exams, I needed a break…
and I am still on that break..
it was in 1987..
I attended Vrå Højskole back in 1979-80, and here I met an American, who had used to much money, so he could not pay for the fare home…
As a result of that, he asked if I please could buy his old camera..
I did - not knowing that this purchase would change my life..
While finishing the music academy, the photography slowly took over…
More and more of my free time was used in practicing photography - and my fellow music students were my models.
I did a lot of portraits, but it was also here I started doing nudes.
In the beginning, I had no idea how to go about this “photography-business”..
But I kept at it, and the many, many mistakes I made, helped me in a way, to explore different approaces/techniques..
My mother made me, from an early age, appreciate the good old craftsmanship - not in photography, but more in furniture and such..
(from the artist’s site).