honorable mention
Gjert Rognli norway
Photo © Gjert Rognli
title
An abandoned place
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entry description
The photograph tells of a place in our dreams, a journey of waking and sleeping state, the photograph is inspired by the Sami culture in Norway and tells us about the journey of life.about the photographer
Gjert Rognli works as a multidisciplinary artist, with film, photography, sculpture and performance. In his works, he draws in references from his belonging to Arctic Northern Norway, his Sámi cultural heritage, to light, darkness and the seasons. He takes nature and natural forces into his works with references to the surreal and mythological. Rognli has received a number of international art, photography, television and film awards for his works, and has had many separate and collective exhibitions at home and abroad, including the Louvre Museum in Paris. And his films have had the opportunity to contribute their message at the international environmental conference COP27-2022 in Egypt and COP28-2023 in Dubai.back to gallery