AN EXHIBITION showcasing images from an internationally renowned photojournalists are going on display in Dorchester.

Tor Eigeland has spent the past 50 years travelling the globe, recording momentous moments of 20th century history and preserving snapshots in time for cultures now long lost.

A display of his works is being held at Duke's Gallery at Brewery Square from February 17 to March 22.

Tor will also be attending a private viewing of the show on the evening of Thursday, February 16.

His globetrotting career was inspired by hanging around Oslo docks as a youngster and getting posted on a merchant ship.

After attending university in Canada and Mexico City in the 1950s, he purchased his first camera and specialised in photojournalism at the University of Miami where he learnt under the guidance of Wilson Hicks.

His career allowed him to travel to the corners of the globe, experiencing the cultures and sights he dreamt of as a child.

Tor said: "Apart from Canada, Mexico and Miami, then New York, Trinidad and Tobago, I also lived in Beirut.

"This was a great base for local and international action including a fair share of conflict during my time there in the 1960.

"During all this time I was often travelling with some of my longest assignments in my earlier years as a contributor to National Geographic."

Tor has completed projects for National Geographic, The New York Times, Time Magazine, The Independent on Sunday and Aramco World amongst others, covering some of the major historical moments of the 20th century.

His assignments included travelling the entirety of the Silk Road in 1987, from Istanbul to Hong Kong, where he became one of the first to cross the border between the Soviet Union and China after the lifting of the Iron Curtain.

He spent time in Iraq with the Marsh Arabs in Iraq in the 1960s, recording a way of life which has since been wiped out by Saddam Hussein.

Tor was witness to Fidel Castro on the eve of the Cuban Revolution, unknowingly staying in the very hotel where Castro had commandeered the entire top floor for his headquarters.

For more information about the exhibition contact Maddi at Duke’s on 01305 265080 or email maddi.puleston@dukes-auctions.com