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Where did photography bring you?
Reflecting on the past, I am amazed at the paths my photography and art have taken me down. From the exploration of self-portraits, sometimes in challenging places, to be invited into the tales of others. Creating self-portraits, with nature as a backdrop, has made my everyday life into small adventures and sometimes pushed me to do things I would never have done otherwise. Dancing in a flowy white dress on a cliff edge towards a stormy sea in the middle of heavy snow, posing between ice shards in a lace dress in Umeälv, just to get a self-portrait. I have frozen my fingers to the point that my skin has peeled away for two weeks, I have been close to unconsciousness as I bathed in a cold sea for too long. I am all by myself, but yet never alone. Mother Earth has never been as close to me as she is during these intense moments.
Connection to others and Mother Earth
Photography is my way of connecting naturally with others. It has allowed me into the arenas of other people, capturing or conceptualizing where they are today, telling parts of their stories. Time after time, it hits me how unique each of us is, yet also similar in many ways. Trying to capture another person’s essence is simply fascinating. How life is passing on – not only within us but also around us, and between us. We are constantly in some motion and together form a giant puzzle on the foundation that connects us all – Mother Earth.
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MOTHER VOLUME ONE
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