Documentary photographer and Canon Ambassador Nanna Navntoft photographed Astrid Elbo, a principal dancer with the Royal Danish Ballet, for a leading Danish newspaper. Taken on a Canon EOS 5D Mark III (now succeeded by the Canon EOS 5D Mark IV) with a Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 STM lens at 1/160 sec, f/2.8 and ISO800. © Nanna Navntoft / Politiken
Canon Ambassador Nanna Navntoft is a Danish documentary photographer whose personal work highlights and explores contemporary social issues. Through her sensitive portraits, she gives intimate insights into marginalised groups and mental health conditions that are often ignored or misunderstood.
Nanna was born in Copenhagen in 1988 and is still based in the city. At university, she studied for a BA in Geography and Communications, before taking a photography course at one of Denmark's folk high schools (institutes for adult education). Photography had been a part of her life from a young age, but now she appreciated its wider potential.
"I realised I could photograph the same things I was studying in geography, but I could now visualise something instead of writing about it," Nanna says. "I really liked that way of communication and found I could reach more people that way."