Malin Westermann is a Norwegian photographer based in Oslo, Norway, available worldwide for personal, editorial, and commercial assignments.
Drawn to the quiet magnificence, fragility, and fleeting nature of everyday life, her work is rooted in a deep sensitivity to human experience. Since becoming a mother, her practice has evolved with an even stronger focus on motherhood—exploring the familial landscape and, in particular, how the role of the mother shifts over time alongside changing cultural representations.
Malin is deeply interested in the subtle, often unseen moments that shape identity, intimacy, and belonging. Through her lens, she examines the emotional and physical transitions of life with tenderness and honesty.
Her work was selected as part of Success Stories Coming Into 2023 by Visura and was shortlisted for Portrait of Humanity by the British Journal of Photography in 2023. In 2023, she was also invited to participate as a panelist at the PhotoVogue Festival, contributing to conversations around contemporary photography and visual storytelling.
Her photographs have been published both internationally and nationally, with features in The Wall Street Journal, Elle Italy, CNN, Vogue, DIE ZEIT, FETT, and more.
Malin is a member of CollectiveOslo.
Her prints are available for purchase, and more of her work can be found on Instagram: @malin_westermann
Books and publications:
2023: “Eye mama, lo sguardo femminile sulla maternità che genera scatti meravigliosi” Elle Italia (IT)
2023: "Karni Arieli on The Eye Mama Project”, Mother Mag (US)
2023: “And still I rise” by Sola Journal (US)
2023: Eye Mama: Poetic Truths of Home and Motherhood, by Karni Arieli. Published by TeNeues (UK)
2023: Portrait of Humanity Vol 5 by British Journal of Photography, published by Hoxton Mini Press (UK)
2022: “Photographers capture their own experiences as mothers”, CNN (US)
2022: Matrescence, FETT tidsskrift (NO)
2022: Matrescence, ALTSÅ magasin (NO)
2022: Talk the talk with Malin Westermann, Oslo Collective (NO)
2021: Malin Westermann, Mob Journal (US)
2021: Olav, Blodfersk Magasin (NO)
Exhibitions:
2024: “MOM/WOW/MOM” exhibition at Fotografiens Hus, Oslo
2024: “Matrescence” Solo exhibition at Salongen, Stavanger
2022: THE UNSEEN, Quantus Gallery (UK)