User:Ivar Lein-Mathisen

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Professional photographer until 2004. I still shoot and sell travel photos

( ref: a few of my photos on Trekearth.com – as ivarlein

I have sold a series of photos to the UN building in NYC, through the Norwegian foreign ministry (UD). By googling my name you will find me )

Professional background: Master degree in linguistics, French, English from University of Bergen.

Fulbright Scholar to the USA in 1986- 86 ( to Keene, New Hampshire)

I teach at Sola High School, Norway. I am partially retired.

1993 – 1996. University lecturer on France, Particularly on subjects related to Paris a travel destination.

I Have been organising student travels to France for 10 years.

For about 20 years I have been writing articles and taking photos for magazines and newspapers.

I am relatively fluent in Norwegian, English and French and have a working knowledge of German.

My subject areas:

Photography from these areas:

   * Norway
   * Paris, France
   * India
   * Egypt

Norwegian geography and history

French, particularly, Paris history and geography