The Photographers of Oslo: Øyvind Nordhagen | DOCUMENTARY | STREET PHOTOGRAPHY

My friend Øyvind Nordhagen has spent much of his spare time riding trams. Not just any tram, but a special type of tram called SL79. The number 79 is from the year the tram was put in service here in Oslo: 1979. Soon the tram will dissapear. Forever. Øyvind has mixed feelings about that. So he took those feelings and turned them into a photo project. He started documenting the tram and everything that goes with it when it is no longer riding the streets of Oslo. Here's his artist statement: «People in Oslo don't know what “SL79” is, but they love “the old tram”. That's how it was for me too. When I found out that the SL79 would disappear, I started writing the visual memorial. This machine has tirelessly patrolled the city and added color and sound to Oslo for 45 years. It's weird because it was made for a different time. That's why people love it. It's an event to ride the SL79 and there are events on board the SL79. There should be a work that shows how Oslo traveled together be