Tethered

Bjørvika, Oslo, Norway – August 2026

Bjørvika was a container terminal until fairly recently, cut off from the rest of Oslo by a motorway that ate 1.8 kilometers of waterfront. The tunnel that put it back underground opened in 2010. Now the Opera House sits on the water here, and a few old wooden boats are tied up in the middle of all of it.

Boats like these are built by lapping thin planks over one another and fastening them with rivets, treenails or rope. It is a way of building that has been going on in the Nordic countries for roughly two thousand years, and in 2021 Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden put it on the UNESCO heritage list together. An apprentice can spend ten years learning it.

I stopped for the shapes. Two bows pointing at each other, a rope strung between them, and the water so dark it reads as nothing at all. Late morning in August, sun only on the decks, everything else in shade. The red buoy and one green sprig are the only color in the frame.

Key Features:

• Limited Edition Print — Only 50 prints per size available
• Shot in Bjørvika, Oslo — A container port until the city took its waterfront back
• Two Thousand Years of Boatbuilding — Nordic clinker construction, on the UNESCO heritage list since 2021
• Late August Light — Shot at midday with the water in full shade and the sun only on the decks
• Archival Quality Print — Premium fine art paper and pigments for lasting brilliance