Ulla Shemeikka : Photographs 

About the work

These photographs examine how organic landscape forms are reduced into abstract colour fields.

In the dark hours of twilight, human eyes often see more than the camera is able to capture. The camera's limited ability to separate contrasts simplifies the subject and a long exposure time also changes its colour reproduction. The resulting images become closer to two-dimensional representation, and in the latest series this process of reduction has gone even further as some of the colour fields are almost monochromatic.

The meditative mood of the seaside themes, such as the "Dusky Landscapes" reminds us of the irrevocable progress of time, leaving its marks on solid rocks as well as on our aging skin.

These photograps also invoke the tradition of landscape representation dating back to the paintings of the Romantic era, with moon lit trees and gleaming horizons.