Sea, water, sky #10

Gotland 2011 (2011-2021) is a series of originally 16 color photographs distilled with the help of an AI algorithm

In 2011 I had the privilege to stay on Gotland, in a small house. I took hundreds upon hundreds of photographs, hacked wood, made fire, avoided (countless) mosquitoes.

It was a complex time and I realized a lot about myself and the people around me. 

I looked at the photographs again and again over the years and they did not in any way matched the reality I had experienced. And so in 2011 I finally found a way to visually heal that experience and its record.

The resulting work is divided into 3 sets.

This set, 'Sea, water, sky',  shows what protected Gotland and what made it such a good place for ancient Vikings to live there. This is the most peaceful set, as I believe in the power of harmony with nature, ancient people were able to achieve.

Another set shows a bright and sunny outside world that I seemed to be able to photograph, the pictures are perhaps close to what we see with our eyes, except when approached they dissolve.

The final set are images that are the closest representation of how I personally felt when on the island. They are an inner world, or the abstract representation of that. A strange dance of darkness and complexity.

Available in 60x60cm 
Fine art prints on Baryta paper 
Photograph is signed and stamped on verso, unframed

For the duration of the "Marks of Life" Exhibition at Swan Hill Studios and the Shrewsbury Museum and Art Gallery in Shrewsbury, a special edition in a 30x30 size is available. The rendering shows four prints together but the pricing is for the individual unframed print. Printed in Lisbon on Baryta paper. Signed and stamped on verso.