DRIFTING THROUGH DARKNESS

27 000 SEK for charity

The other day The Elephant Ball took place in Gothenburg. Behind this fundraising gala you find The Perfect World Foundation. (The Perfect World Foundation is a Non-Profit organization with the ambition to raise awareness and to help animals and nature areas in crises world wide.) Several artists and photographers including Nick Brandt, James Meakin (I know...OMG!) and myself had contributed with photography work that was auctioned out and I was amazed to find out that the image you see here was sold for 27 000 SEK! I know that that money will be put to good use and it brings me joy to be able to help even if it's a little bit. WE are the generation that needs to act, if we don't, our children will only know these amazing animals from images. Visithttps://theperfectworldfoundation.se/hem/ and see how you can contribute in this important cause. 

NATALIE

Model: Natalie E / Nordicmodelagency
Muah: Susann Amin / Nordicmodelagency
Jewellery: Josefine Reuterborg Silver

A HEART THAT WON'T HARDEN

Now and then I find myself reflecting upon what it is that drives my artistic creativity, since I feel it's always been there, my need to create, to express myself in grey colors. It's easy to think it's something I was born with, something absolutely essential. As I grow older and I accept things I can't change in my nature I feel more and more that art is an escape or a cure. After years and years I fear it's something I will never learn to control, this fact that I feel too much and that I have such a vivid imagination. I find myself looking enviously on those who are content with what life has offered them, people without that hunger that keeps me awake and makes me restless. The thing in my nature that confuses me the most is how cheerful, energetic and alive I can feel and how suddenly that can change, just by an event or just by one single person. I'm one of those who people tell, it will come to you the second you stop searching but I don't believe that. More and more I feel like that some of us are just not meant to have it all and I believe that is the fountain of my art these days. It's hard to know if I do art because I feel too much or the reason that I feel too much is the reason I do art. Don't get me wrong, I think of life as a beautiful adventure, I'm grateful for what I have and the people around me, I just love and hate the fact that around every corner there is a possibility for both great magic and great disappointment. And what upset me the most it that my heart never seems to harden even if my skin get's thicker and thicker. Life is an ongoing lesson and I just wished I wasn't so dame hopeful, open minded and vulnerable all the time but at the same time I also love that about myself. So life, bring it on, when you knock me over I guess I will just have to go home and turn it into some type of art...

ODEN WILLSON

Last week I took these portrait at Dalby Stenbrott of musician and furniture designer Oden Willson. Curious of what he does? Check out https://www.instagram.com/hinterlandfurniture/!

Loveshoot in Ubud, Bali

While traveling in the beginning of this year I met Maria for the first time. She is from the same small village as I am in Sweden but is living on Bali since a few years together with her family. She is a wonderful person and I love her aesthetics. I took these portraits of her and her love just as the sun was rising over Ubud. At the moment they are in Denmark and on Sunday I will get to see them again in Copenhagen, I'm so looking forward to that. 

WANDERESS

" She was free in her wilderness 

She was a wanderess, a drop of free water 

She belonged to no man and to no city" 

Roman Payne

A weekend in the city I once called home

Since I moved back to Sweden 2010 I find myself in Berlin at least once a year. I love going there to do nothing and everything. This time I went with my friend Fanny and we stayed with Gerri close to Alexanderplatz. During four days we walked around in the city, drank and ate like queens and met awesome people who we had great conversations with. I left feeling great, so much positive energy and amour to last for a long time. 

My obsession with clouds continues

Free tour

By Fanny

I really like this spot close to Hackecher Markt

Word

Why are all my fortune cookies about my work?

Met up with my big sis and her hubby who were also in town this weekend

Found a new setting on my Nikon Coolpix

Mauerpark 

Vegan breakfast after yoga

Gerri rocking her own design Boerlin Boerds

Tofu burger...tasted like a dream

Headed home