Lene Marie Fossen

Lene Marie Fossen (18 August 1986 - 22 October 2019) was a Norwegian photographer and artist.

Lene Marie Fossen suffered from Anorexia nervosa since age 10, stating she started to starve in order to prevent growing up.

A 2017 exhibition of her self portraits depicting the effects of her struggle with anorexia, gained significant attention in Norway.

[3][4] In interviews, and in a TED talk, she described her struggle between creativity and suffering from poor physical health.

She worked on a documentary about her life while taking portrait photos of Syrian refugee children in Greece in 2019.