Landscape Shortlist

This series draws inspiration from Scandinavian folk tales based on the story Bergtagen, which can be translated to Taken by the Mountain. The photographer explains that nature can be both alluring and overpowering; a place where humans can lose control and merge with something greater than themselves. The images explore enigmatic places that guide the viewer through light in the forest. The photographer’s ambition was not to capture the landscape as it is, but to convey the mystery of nature as she experienced it. The haunted imagery reflects a fleeting initial access to nature, before it draws you in with its tangle of plants, mycelium and soil.