Now based in Johannesburg, South Africa, Vegard Fiskerstrand is a Norwegian born photographer who has recently completed work as a Co-Executive Producer and photographer on a current affairs television series aired on the satellite channel M-Net.

Having grown up in the small fishing town of Aalesund on the Norwegian west coast, Vegard started his working life in the fishing industry before embarking on travels that took him first to Pretoria, South Africa in 1989 where he worked for the local Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO) named the ‘Get-Ahead Foundation’ whose board included many well respected South Africans, among whom was Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu.

Having spent a year in South Africa, Vegard traveled extensively throughout Asia, Australia, Africa, Europe and the United States of America. His travels inspired him to learn more about the world and Vegard enrolled in the London School of Oriental and African Studies, where he undertook a Bachelor of Arts degree, with a focus on human geography and the Southern African region. Thereafter he returned to South Africa and enrolled at the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg where he undertook a Masters degree. During this time, he also volunteered with the Twilight Children organization which is dedicated to helping and supporting street children in the notorious Hillbrow neighbourhood.

In the late 1990’s Vegard moved to Atlanta, Georgia, in the United States of America where he studied photography at the Atlanta Art Institute. Atlanta was also where Vegard held his fist photography exhibition which sold out. He subsequently also held several successful indoor and outdoor exhibitions in Norway, one of which became a great tourist attraction.

Vegard has a very intricate knowledge of South Africa and is able to provide great insight into the planning and implementation of the 2010 FIFA World Cup™ which will be hosted by South Africa.