This triptych features two photographs of the same view. One of the images was cut in half and then mirrored to create a flattened loop of images, resulting in the two side pieces. The mirroring causes the waves to brake and change direction. What I appreciate about this view us that it creates a distorted perception of what lies ahead. The photographs hint at a clear ocean horizon, but behind that fog there is nothing but rocks and stones.
On my website, this triptych appears as a gateway to a A Sea Trilogy (PART I: Echoes of Absence, PART II: Beyond Limits and Boundaries, and Bodies Deforming, PART III: Among Corals). The trilogy consists of sculpture, texts, and photographic prints. This artwork falls somewhere between documentary and fiction. Unhindered reflections on a true story.
The triptych has the same format as anamorphic widescreen cinemascope (2,55:1). The images were captured with my old companion, a well-designed 4×5 inch analog camera called Sinar Norma. Nowadays, analog photography is referred to as slow photography, and this camera is the slowest of the slow. I believe that the visual properties and the creative process of an analog large format camera add to the sense of tranquility within the image.
Sinar Norma and the archipelago of Stockholm, 2020.