Deep-Dive with Copenhagen Street Photographer Tobias Glud
From Concrete Blocks to Gallery Walls
Concrete courtyards, North-Sea light and a head full of jazz—Tobias Glud pulls inspiration from the least expected corners of Copenhagen. I sat down with him twice last year (May and November 2024) to talk resilience after COVID, chasing perfect light and why he shoots the same spot hundreds of times. Six months later those ideas bloomed into a joint exhibition we hung at Dark Gallery Copenhagen.
Watch the full conversation below, then scroll for highlights, Tobias’ location list and a few frames from his March 2025 show.
Key Takeaways
- Beauty in the brutal
Growing up amid “a lot of concrete, violence back in the ’80s and ’90s” pushed Tobias to hunt for beauty in the everyday. - The four-season rule
He photographs Copenhagen’s landmarks four times a year to show how light rewrites the city—material for his upcoming photo book. - Tobias’ Copenhagen Top 5
Nyhavn · Marble Church · King’s Garden · Grundtvigs Church · Axel Towers—each for completely different reasons. - Jazz goggles
Cueing up Kind of Blue loosened his street-photo nerves and nudged him inches closer to strangers. - Promise kept
In the interview he hoped for a March 2025 exhibition; we ended up sharing the walls at Dark Gallery Copenhagen.
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