A Danish photographer, designer and Viking descendent wants to give his ancestors more depth -- so he's photographing people dressed as historical and mythological Vikings out in nature.
If you've seen Vikings depicted on TV, you'd be forgiven for picturing them with unkempt beards, wearing helmets with horns and ready for battle. But Danish photographer, designer and Viking descendent Jim Lyngvild wants to give them more depth.Lyngvild's imagination has taken him to photographing people dressed as historical and mythological Vikings out in nature, with brightly colored clothes or long flowing hair.
He dreams up an image that he would like to see as a photograph and sews the costumes himself, often with antique fabrics bought on his travels to India. Then he puts out a message on Facebook and Instagram to his web of nearly 300,000 followers, scouting for the perfect model. "Always choose natural models, and never go to model agencies," he said."I need to have something personal and authentic. And I always find that online."Beau Molloy/CNN, a Viking king of Denmark and Norway who brought Christianity to the Danes. And while it is common for people in Denmark to descend from Vikings, Lyngvild takes his ancestry a step further -- he also identifies as a Viking.
Look through the gallery above to explore Lyngvild's Viking world -- including his recent photoshoot with CNN anchor Richard Quest.
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