Linn Pedersen Norwegian, b. 1982

"Hotell" by Linn Pedersen captures a mountainous landscape that is both monumental and dreamlike, with a profound emotional resonance. The image, mounted on an aluminum plate, conveys a sense of both coldness and grandeur. The dramatic mountain formations against a bright blue sky impart a distant and almost unreal quality, subtly suppressing the sublime feeling that one might experience from the majestic nature surrounding us. Pedersen’s experimentation with photographic processes gives the image a meditative quality, where matter and emotion intertwine. Like her other works, "Hotell" attain a poetic and painterly quality, where emotional projections hold primacy.