Synopsis:
Dag Alveng's beautiful black and white photographs are a study, as the title suggests, in light. Taken at the Norwegian seashore, these landscapes, seascapes, and family scenes all have something to say about the play of sun and shadow and about the power of light in the Northern summer. These are quiet photographs with the remarkably rich tones that Alveng is known for, and they are exquisitely printed. They have the power to transport us to his idyllic summer, because, as Robert Adams writes, "Dag Alveng's photographs are as peaceful as their subject." This is a photo essay of a summer we would all like to spend.
About the Author:
Robert Adams was born in 1937, educated in California, and taught English at the university level for nearly a decade. He has spent the succeeding thirty years as a photographer. His numerous books include The New West (1974), From the Missouri West (1980), Los Angeles Spring (1986), To Make it Home (1989), Listening to the River (1994), West from the Columbia (1995), What We Brought (1995), and Notes for Friends (1999). Adams has been awarded the Guggenheim and MacArthur foundation fellowships for his photography. For his current project he is photographing the clearcuts of Oregon.
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