Artwork description:

In my series *I Love This Time of Year Too*, I have photographed Lyngør through autumn, winter, and spring using Dag Alveng’s signature technique—quadruple exposure. The series is a tribute to Alveng, among others, whom I assisted for a year, and his project *I Love This Time of Year*, photographed in Manhattan in the early 2000s. Alveng’s images were created using four exposures per scene, one for each 90-degree rotation of the camera.

I have applied the same method in Lyngør. The series is part of a book project I am working on, in which I have also photographed the last 45 permanent residents of Lyngør in front of their homes. As a token of appreciation, they were invited to select an image from over 200 in *I Love This Time of Year Too*, making the residents of Lyngør co-curators of the series. Many of these photographs now hang in homes across the island.

I myself live in Lyngør as the 12th generation of my family. This car-free harbor settlement, which was awarded the title of *Europe’s Best-Preserved Village* by the EU in 1991, has deep maritime roots. Lyngør and Manhattan are vastly different places, yet they share a historical connection through seafaring and trade. New York was once a frequent port of call for sailors from Lyngør. Today, the two islands share another commonality: both have set records for the highest real estate prices in their respective countries.

Materials used:

Analogue silver gelatin print on matte fibre paper.

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