Among others, Born has exhibited at Rana Kunstforening, Galleri Krysset in Sørvåg, Festspillene i Nord Norge, Fauske Kunstforening, Sverresborg Trøndelag Folkemuseum, Trondhjems Kunstforening and Galleri Fotografia in Oslo. He participated in the Fotografisk Vårutstilling in Oslo in 1995, was a festival exhibitor at the Hemnes Jazz and Blues Festival in 1998 and Årets Havmann artist in Mo i Rana in 2007 where the exhibition "Iceland Re: Born" was shown. In 1991 he received an award for the best erotic photo in Cupido and was awarded third place in the Unesco-supported international photo competition "The Family" in Warsaw in 1995. Then, in 1998, he won the Tobacco Board's photo competition. His work has been supported on several occasions by the Norwegian Film Photographers' Fund and by Rana Municipality. His pictures have been purchased by, among others, Sør-Hålogaland diocese, Meyergården Hotell i Mo i Rana, Rana Tingrett, and the National Library.