Documentary
2023
Net at First Light
Four mornings with the last two net fishermen working the inner Hardangerfjord, for Kyst Journal's winter issue.
Focus
30 m
Distance
30 m
Lens
135 mm
Exposure
f/4 · 1/500 s · ISO 200
Place
Hardangerfjord
Client
Kyst Journal
The brief, the light, the result
Commissioned by Kyst Journal · Words: Sindre Tveit
Documentary work at thirty metres is about not being there. A 135 mm let us stay on the quay while the boat worked the net.
At 30 m
We went out four mornings in a row and only two had usable light. That is the job.
Kyst Journal ran the story over ten pages with Sindre Tveit’s words.
Other distances.
All work →
Still life
0.3 m
Pear, North Light
A cider label built from one pear and one window. Twelve frames, all lit by the north light of a February afternoon.
Still life
0.5 m
Baby's Breath
A winter catalogue for a florist that dries everything it does not sell. Grey paper, one strip light, a lot of patience.
Product
0.8 m
Green Glass
Hand-blown bottles for a glassworks that fires its kiln twice a week. Rim light only, so the glass draws its own outline.
Portrait
1.5 m
Backlight
A portrait series for Svale's summer issue, shot into the low sun on Askøy between 21:40 and 22:10.
Interiors
3 m
The Yellow Room
Nine rooms in a renovated 1930s guesthouse, photographed only in the light each room gets on its own.
Architecture
8 m
Concrete Hours
A new public stair hall in Ålesund, documented across one day from first light to the evening lamps.
Documentary
30 m
Net at First Light
Four mornings with the last two net fishermen working the inner Hardangerfjord, for Kyst Journal's winter issue.
Landscape
∞
Eidfjord, Low Cloud
A poster series for a scenic rail line: one view from each stop, shot on the same 50 mm so the series reads as one journey.