Scenes from an Island monograph published by Kerber Verlag

Ambrose on the rocks, Florence Montmare (2015)

Persona beach, Florence Montmare (2015)

Julia’s nightgown, Florence Montmare (2015)

Fux in heels, Florence Montmare (2017)

Laterna, Florence Montmare (2016)

Study of a Harpy

Purple road, Florence Montmare (2014)

Ellen’s skirt, Florence Montmare (2015)

Scenes from an Island

This collection of photographs and texts was created between 2014 and 2024, during various stays at the Ingmar Bergman Estate on the Swedish island of Fårö. Divided into three acts, the series examines the vulnerability of humankind and nature, as reflected in the climate crisis and global conflicts. Set against the dramatic island landscape, which already served Bergman as a source of inspiration and a backdrop for his films, islanders, and refugees become protagonists in a photographic reflection on the existential issues of our time.

“I staged scenarios; sans figures and with figures transitioning through the frame, to explore transience and the elemental conditions of landscape — bodies contrasted with the desolate topography — the mountains, the earth, the water, and the air.”

In a society where neutrality, secularism, and individualism rule, the relationship to nature is almost religious as a way of finding connection. The exhibition was shown at Fotografiska New York, Bergmancenter, Sweden, and the National Museum of Finland.

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