Frederik is an award-winning photographer

Frederik Trovatten is the founder of Underexposed and a Cannes Lions-winning photographer whose work spans documentary and commercial photo campaigns.

His work has been exhibited internationally and featured in National Geographic and international media. View selected work.

He works as a commissioned photographer for brands including Burger King, Coca-Cola, and Facebook.

His photography for the Burger King Mexico campaign won 3× Gold at Cannes Lions (2022).

Exhibitions

  • Ethnographic Museum, Stockholm (2023)

  • Museo Archivo de la Fotografía, Mexico City (2023)

  • Museum of World Culture, Gothenburg (2022–2024, Day of the Dead series)

  • “Analog Translation”, 35s & 45s, Mexico City (2020)

Awards

  • Cannes Lions (3× Gold), Burger King Mexico campaign (2022)

  • Guldägget (Advertising), Coca-Cola campaign with Uncommon Creative Studio Stockholm (2025)

Selected Work

  • Commissioned photographer for Burger King, Coca-Cola, and Facebook

  • Book cover photography for The Way That Leads Among the Lost by Angela Garcia (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, ISBN 9780374605780)

  • Photography licensed by museums and institutions

Additional

 FAQs

  • Yes, just reach out to me and we’ll figure it out.

  • I’m mostly a black and white photographer, but commercially I shoot both color and black and white.

  • Reach out to me at frederiktro@gmail.com or DM on social media.

  • See the “gear” section in the menu. I list all my equipment on that page.

How I started my photography journey

Commercial street photographer

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Commercial street photographer

Photography projects