Anne Helene Gjelstad

Anne Helene Gjelstad (9 May 1956 in Oslo) is a Norwegian photographer and fashion designer. As a photographer, she mainly works with portraits, fashion and documentary, but also with interiors, products and lifestyle.
Gjelstad is educated from Norwegian National Academy of Craft and Art Industry from 1982. She then had her own fashion studio for design and production of exclusive models. For 5½ years, she also had her own knitting production in Estonia for the Norwegian and international market.
In 2009, she completed at two-years course in digital photography at "Bilder Nordic School of Photography". She has also participated in workshops with Morten Krogvold, Mary Ellen Mark, Joyce Tenneson and William Ropp.
In 2009, she worked at Mary Ellen Mark Studio in New York City for a period of time.
Gjelstad is currently working on a project in Kihnu, an island in the Baltic Sea considered Europe's last matriarchy. Gjelstad says she was first exposed to women from Kihnu during a Nordic Knitting Symposium. She later said that out of 35 women she photographed, only 10 are still alive.