The majestic nature of Northern Norway , as depicted in photos by Asle Svarverud, will be exhibited at Union Station from December 10, 2007 - January 6, 2008 .
The Lofoten islands of northern Norway were recently ranked third most pristine vacation islands in the world by National Geographic Traveler Magazine. If you can’t head to Norway this winter, come take a look at this stunning photo exhibit by Norwegian photographer Asle Svarverud. Svarverud’s Norwegian Landscapes is a tribute to the landscapes of northern Norway, mainly capturing the majestic Lofoten islands.
Asle Svarverud specializes in large-format, black and white landscape photographs. The photographer's images include both dramatic vistas and intimate glimpses of the world of nature. The white winter land, short and sunny summers, the kaleidoscopes of spring and autumn broken by sudden storms, rain and grey days. Asle Svarverud black and white pictures capture all of this. Whether it is inland in the forests of eastern Norway, out on the western coastlands, or up in the landscapes of northern Norway with the focus on the Lofoten islands. Svarverud's striking images have been widely exhibited in Norway and he has also shown in the United States.
“Every year since 1986, I have lived in Lofoten for periods from four weeks to six months. The first trip I spent to get familiar with this winter wonder land. I always go back to the same landscape many times. That way I can dig deeper and find the essence in each place for me. My favourite season is from February till May. As a primarily black and white photographer, the winter scenario is very graphic, the weather more shifting and the light more poignant” says Svarverud.
Not all artists who seek pasture in the meadows of photography have sufficient technical proficiency to master the craft. They have to acquire gradually the skills they feel they need. Asle Svarverud has gone about it the opposite way. After 4 years of training as a photographer, he took his qualifying examination with Rude’s Photographers in Oslo in 1971, but it was not until the Spring Photographic Exhibition of 1979 that he exhibited his work for the first time. At a 3-month workshop at the School of Visual Art in New York in 1981 he worked in particular with Ansel Adam’s zone system, which he has fully mastered.
When: December 10, 2007 - January 6, 2008
Where: Main Hall, Union Station.
Admission: FREE, no tickets.