Thor Elias Engelstad is a Norwegian born Australia based visual artist, known for his innovative and recognisable characteristic style combination of fashion and fine art photography. Some of his fashion and advertising clients include Pandora, Valley Eyewear, Volvo, Hewlett Packard, Warner Bros, Village Roadshow, Samsung, Billabong Womens, Grab Denim, Oscar Oscar, Mimosa, Silk Laundry, Universal Store, The Anti-Order, Lisa Brown, Witchery and Princess Luxury Yachts.

His work has been featured in publications such as a Cultural History of Fashion in the 20th century, Harper’s Bazaar, W magazine, Cosmopolitan, Oyster, NOI.SE Magazine, Vulture Magazine, Carbon Copy, Black Magazine, Highlights Magazine, Laud Magazine, Fucking Young!, Fashion Journal, Frankie Magazine, Yen, UCE Magazine, Lino, Art World, Australian Art Review, Academy for Men, Cleo, and French Photo.

He also has been the recipient of international prizes such as the International photography Awards, International Color Awards, The International Black and White Spider Awards, Tokyo International Foto Awards for the Gold Award in the fashion category and The Centre for Fine Art Photography in the USA.

He is also involved in many diverse art projects and commissions. Thor Elias has had several solo exhibitions, as well as being represented in many group shows worldwide in New York, LA, Paris, London, Sydney, Tokyo, Hong Kong and Dubai.

When not shooting for clients Thor Elias travels the continents adding to his varied influences and inspirations, balancing his personal photo media projects and visual experimentation work.