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"Arctic Light - the Eyes of my Heart". It contains 80 photographs including Northern Lights, Winter Lights, Midnight Sun, and more. The book is in bound edition, size cm. 24 x 30, pages 96 both in english and swedish languages. Price: Kr. 250 Kr. or Euros 28, plus postage. To order, mail or ring. |
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The Northern Lights Webcams page. See the Lappland sky 24/24 through the webcams placed on the Arctic Color Gallery. Here the webcams page with infos and link to the Jokkmokk Project Website from Japan. |
Feelings of nature through the lens:
an English woman in Swedish Lappland
I first came to Porjus in the summer of 1995, for a holiday with my youngest son, to photograph the nature. After spending three weeks in the forest surrounded by a landscape which had no end, birds, animals and wonderful light, I had completely fallen in love with this wide and wild expanse.
After making several returns visits, each one lasting longer and longer, I made the decision to leave England and buy the old railway station house in Porjus. As well as my home, Porjus became the centre of my photographic work by opening a Photo Gallery in the summer of 1998 in the station house.
During the first year in Porjus I developed a fascination and passion for photographing the very special and unique Arctic Light. So many visitors to the north only see the midnight sun of summer. This is wonderful but to me the best time is during winter.
My work has been trying to capture on film all of this special winter light. The ever changing spectacle of the northern lights, the array of colours in the pearl clouds, the blue and pink winter days, even the ‘black and white‘ days have their own special quality. In photographic exhibitions and my bildspel “Reflections of Arctic Colour“ I hope I have given the viewer a glimpse of what I see through my camera and what I feel about living in this wonderful part of the world !“
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June 16th sees the opening of my gallery for its' 10th year. As always there are some changes in the gallery layout. Firstly my guests this year are Roine Magnusson and Anders Wallin. They will exhibit a selection of photographs from the book ' Den underbararesan'. This book was award the 2007 WWF Nature book of the Year. The photographs are taken from a micro light airplane and span the whole of Sweden from south to north. This year also sees a new exhibition of Northern Lights displayed in light boxes. This gives a new dimension to the 'black' Northern Lights exhibition room. Still on the theme of Northern Lights, one of the gallery rooms has been transformed into a 24 seater film room. Now visitors can see a selection of five 'films' . Three bildspels (still pictures and music) and now two films of Northern Lights shot in Porjus using a timelapse technique by a Dutch man, Jan Lameer (www.timelapse.nl). Other photo exhibitions I have this year are: 'Fire and ice - art in fire and ice 'Clouds' - the view from my widows are often spectacular cloud formations! 'Favourite images' exhibited in the past 10 years. The collection of old cameras grows year by year and I am now considering the need of a room just for the camera exhibition. I thank all donators of cameras. Lars's pins room will carry the theme of 'sports pins'. Lars is also very happy and grateful for all the additions made by visitors to his collection of pins. The old railway goods van continues with the exhibition of road 45 which this year has become 'European road 45' which means that this year you can drive from the south of Italy to Porjus on the same road!!! WELCOME! Opening times: June 17th - August 15th every day 12.00 - 19.00 All other times of the year just ring or Email and arrange a suitable time |
10th Anniversary of Arctic Image / Arctic Colors Galleri
Stationshuset, 982 60 Porjus , Sverige
Tel :- +46 (0)973 10306
Email: info@arctic-color.com
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Copyright Patricia Cowern
