The Norwegian who pioneered photography in Scandinavia was always training his lens on the objects that we overlook, offering black-and-white scenes scorched of excess.
For the past ten years, the photographer has wandered the streets of Belleville, creating quiet images that reflect on a city that both changes and doesn’t.
Aperture’s fall issue, “Arrhythmic Mythic Ra,” refracts themes of family, social history, and the astrophysical through the eyes of guest editor Deana Lawson, one of the most compelling photographers working today.
