In this hushed winter scene, the snow-covered cemetery of Flakstad stretches out in serene simplicity, surrounded by the rugged mountainous landscape of the Norwegian Lofoten Islands. The headstones rise in straight rows above the soft white, like silent sentinels of transience.
Behind the graveyard is a simple wooden building with a black roof and green facade, exuding an almost homely warmth in contrast to the bleak surroundings. The massive, snow-covered cliff rising from the background gives the scene an almost mythical scale - as if nature itself were watching over the field of the dead. Misty mists cover the mountain peaks, enhancing the sense of isolation and timelessness.
The use of colour is austere: white, grey, stone, and the unexpectedly vibrant green of the facade. This picture captures not just a place, but a feeling - of calm, reflection and the quiet power of nature in the far north.
Father - Photographer - Engineer - Pizza lover - Springsteen fan - Traveller
I'm Ben - self-taught landscape photographer from Belgium, in search of light and stillness since 2016.
At 45, I took a camera in my hands for the first time. A late start, perhaps, but proof..
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