Dan Jåma (born 1953) is a filmmaker and still photographer living in Luleå, in northern Sweden. He grew up in a reindeer herder family in Norway. At the age of 23 he was employed at the Swedish National Television as a cinematographer. 19 years later he started to work as a freelance to be able to work with still photography and to direct his own films.
Jåma also works part-time as a teacher of TV journalism at the Sámi University of Applied Sciences in Kautokeino, Norway. Since 2011 he has been chairman of the board of Saemien Sijte, South Sámi Museum in Snåsa, Norway. He alternates between filming documentaries around the world and working on book projects in Sápmi. Dan is represented at RiddoDuottarMuseat, Sami Museum in Karasjok.
Leave No Trace
Video, 7 min 27 sec, 2021, still from video.
People in the picture:
- Ole Henrik Kappfjell (photo 01)
- Eli Kappfjell (photo 03)
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