Lone Mørch is a Danish artist, photographer, and author working at the intersection of embodiment, ecology, narrative and cultural change. Through photography, writing, and artistic inquiry, she explores how we are shaped by the stories we inherit about ourselves and the world, and what becomes possible when those stories begin to loosen.
Working internationally across Europe, the United States, and Asia for more than three decades, her practice moves between long-term photographic and narrative projects rooted in the porous and cyclical relationship between body, nature, and story. This includes intimate portrait work with women and an inquiry into the relationship between women’s bodies and the living world at a time marked by experiences of separation—from nature, community, and self.
Her years in San Francisco, where she photographed more than a thousand women, remain a formative foundation of this work and continue to shape her attention to gaze, representation, and authorship. This body of work is gathered in her book EMBODY: Intimate Photographic Encounters with Women. She is also the author of the memoir Seeing Red: A Woman’s Quest for Truth, Power and the Sacred, and her TEDx talk The Power of the Gaze introduced her work to a wider audience.
Her writing and photography have appeared in international publications including The Huffington Post, Barren Magazine, and Travellers’ Tales. Her work has been exhibited in the United States, Switzerland, and Denmark, most recently at Gimsinghoved Kunst- og Kulturcenter and DARK GALLERY in Copenhagen (2026). She is the recipient of the Tanenbaum Award for Non-fiction from the San Francisco Foundation and the Solas Award from Travellers’ Tales.
She now lives in the Southern archipelago in Denmark, where she is developing The Earth Mother project.
PÅ DANSK
Lone Mørch er en dansk kunstner, fotograf og forfatter, der arbejder i krydsfeltet mellem embodiment, perception og kulturel forandring. Gennem fotografi, skrivning og kunstnerisk undersøgelse udforsker hun, hvordan vi formes af de fortællinger, vi arver om os selv og verden, og hvad der bliver muligt, når disse fortællinger begynder at løsne sig.
Med mere end tre årtiers internationalt virke i Europa, USA og Asien bevæger hendes praksis sig mellem langvarige fotografiske og narrative projekter, forankret i kroppens, naturens og fortællingens sammenhæng. Det omfatter intimt portrætarbejde med kvinder samt undersøgelser af de følelsesmæssige, kropslige og økologiske spor, som adskillelsen mellem menneske og natur efterlader.
Hendes år i San Francisco, hvor hun fotograferede mere end tusind kvinder, er fortsat et formativt grundlag for hendes forståelse omkring blik, repræsentation og retten til egen erfaring. Dette arbejde er samlet i hendes bog EMBODY: Intimate Photographic Encounters with Women. Hun er desuden forfatter til erindringsværket Seeing Red: A Woman’s Quest for Truth, Power and the Sacred, og hendes TEDx-talk The Power of the Gaze.
Hendes fotografi og tekster er publiceret internationalt i blandt andet The Huffington Post, Barren Magazine og Travellers’ Tales. Hendes arbejde har været udstillet i USA, Schweiz og Danmark, senest på Gimsinghoved Kunst- og Kulturcenter og DARK GALLERY i København (2026). Hun er modtager af Tanenbaum Award for Non-fiction fra San Francisco Foundation og Solas Award fra Travellers’ Tales.
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Selected Exhibitions
Unwritten: A Record of Resistance, DISIR and DARK GALLERY Copenhagen, March 8, 2026.
KvindeBlik – Kroppen som Kraftfelt, Gimsing Kultur og Kunst Center, Denmark 2026
Kom, Se, Mærk (Come, See, Feel), Photographic Center Kalejdoskop, Svendborg 2023
Femi Festival, Odense – Female Variations 2023
Monday Studios, Copenhagen 2019
Dream Girls Art Show, Mina Dredsen Gallery, San Francisco 2012
Vevey Ville D’images, Switzerland, Curated by Peter Scholl 2011
Imagining Ourselves, International Museum for Women 2008
Hotel des Arts & SF Faces, City Hall, San Francisco, Curated Start Soma 2007
Belle de Jour, Castro Theatre, Curated by Lost Art 2007
Books (Authored)
Embody: Intimate Photographic Encounters with Women
Seeing Red: A Woman’s Quest for Truth, Power and the Sacred
Anthology Contributions
Det Levende Parforhold (Seidelfaden, Imago Institut, DK)
To Nepal With Love
Nothing But the Truth, So Help Me God
Mothers-in-Law Do Everything Wrong
Essays & Photo Essays (Authored)
Shooting Men, Barren Magazine
Light Journal, photo essay
Embody, Common Ground Magazine
The Naked Self, Invoke Magazine
Forget Perfect, Huffington Post
Thank God For the War, Travelers Tales
Project Kærlighed, Nova (Danish magazine)
Vipassana – I konfrontation med mig selv, Nyt Aspekt
Der er onde ånder i komfuret, Samvirke
Awards & Recognition
Tanenbaum Award for Non-fiction, San Francisco Foundation
Silver Solas Award, Travelers Tales
Honorary Mentions: Writers Digest, San Francisco Book Festival
Bronze Medal, Readers’ Favorite Book Awards
Features & Interviews (About My Work)
Frøkjær & Forfatterne, Jyllandsposten Podcast
Flaskens Ånd, podcast samtale med Poul Pilegaard
Marin Independent Journal – Photographer’s Book Helps Women Reclaim Their Sexuality
BT Weekend – Kvinder, slut fred med jer selv
Aarhus Stiften – coverage of Embody
DR Radio & TV – photographer discussion on women’s sexuality
Søndagsbladet – What Life Has Taught Me
San Francisco Chronicle, InStyle, East Bay Express, People’s Magazine, Professional Photographer, Cosmopolitan, 7x7, etc.
