I went to an exhibition at Fotografiska, the photography museum in Stockholm, yesterday with Hannes and Ashley. Sebastião Salgado’s Genesis, which is a huge collection of black-and-white photographs from all around the world, all showing remote places, pure wilderness. Untouched by modern man. The Arctic and Antarctic, the rain forest, the savanna and the desert. Incredible landscapes. And the message is: these places exist. And they should be protected. Salgado has said that this is his love letter to the planet.
My favorite photo was one from the south pole. Chinstrap penguins in the South Sandwich Islands.
That freedom. The utter improbability of it all. The kind of wonder that it instills in me. That is the feeling I would like to be able to capture when I write, that’s my goal. The improbable wonder of living. Like a flying penguin.
The exhibition was heavy on the eyes. Afterwards, we walked along the water through central Stockholm, ending up in Kungsträdgården. It was a beautiful day, storm, photographs, company and all.
Katja Malmborg 