DECEMBER 20, 2023 GRACE EBERT

“Autumn Silence.” All images © Mikko Lagerstedt

His ethereal images frame land and sea with very little human life, capturing fog lifting at daybreak or the brilliant dance of the aurora.

Steeling against snowstorms and the brutal cold of winter, photographer Mikko Lagerstedt(previously) devotes himself to documenting the frozen solitudes of his native Finland. His ethereal images frame vast swaths of land and sea with very little human life, capturing fog lifting at daybreak or the brilliant dance of the auroras.

With an eye for unique light, color, and texture, Lagerstedt’s photos are tinged with magic and mystique. Sunlight filters through a candy-colored atmosphere, icicles clasp to the barren branches of a lone tree, and the night sky appears like a glimmering blanket of stars, softly illuminating the terrain below. […]

Left: “The Show.” Right: “Green World”

“Wonder”

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