Bingo Rimér

Short Biography

Bingo Rimér, born 23 June 1975 in Hällaryd, Sweden, (as Björn Oluf Rimér) is a famous Swedish photographer. He is considered to be Sweden`s answer to Hugh Hefner. Career PhotographyAfter graduating as a top student in photography in 1994, Bingo started his career working two years in Studio Magnus Reed. He has worked as an in-house photographer for Swedish publications such as Slitz, Magazine Café and Playboy.In addition to his glamour work, Bing has worked with Levi`s, Universal Music, Warner, Panos, EMI, Playboy, Zomba Records, Hachette, Leo Burnett, TBWA, BMG and MTV.Some of his more popular exhibitions are "Swedish Blonds" (New York 1998), "Havanna Rules" (Stockholm 2000) and "Sexy by Sweden" (New York 2006). Along with his exhibitions, he has created portraits for Carmen Electra, Steven Tyler, Peter Stormare, Lambretta, Sunblock, Jack Ass, and Nick Carter. Bingo ModelsDue to his prolific work in glamour photography, he co-founded the casting agency girls.se in 1997. The agency represents Sweden`s most popular glamour models which is now called Bingo Models. Moore MagazineBingo is also the co-founder of publishing company Lejon Media 2000 which publishes Moore Magazine and Pause Magazine. In August 2003, he became the editor-in-chief for Moore Magazine. Due to his prolific portfolio, Moore featured some of Sweden`s most prevalent glamour models. In 2005, Bingo left the magazine but still does editorial work for the mag. After leaving the magazine, he has focused on his websites one of which is sexy.se, a Swedish lingerie website which he is the co-founder. Personal LifeHe is married with the Swedish Big Brother contestant, the Norwegian-born Angelica Rimér. On September 14, 2007 Angelica announced that the couple has split due to Karen Burger, a Junior at San Diego State University. He has one child, a daughter named Nova.