Selected collection / Roger Holmen
An ongoing series
Light · Movement · Atmosphere
Quiet
Motion
Between Photography and Painting
The horizon softens. A forest becomes a rhythm. Movement leaves behind an impression of light.
Quiet Motion explores the space between photography and abstraction. Through intentional camera movement, familiar coastlines and autumn trees become arrangements of colour, texture and atmosphere.
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Quiet Motion I
Løkken · DenmarkA coastal impression in soft light, where the horizon becomes a quiet rhythm.
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Less detail.
More atmosphere.
Each work begins with a real place. What remains in the photograph is an interpretation of how it felt: the rhythm of the sea, the last warmth of evening or the luminous lines of a birch forest.
The first three works follow the horizontal movement of the coast. Quiet Motion IV turns towards the trees, allowing their vertical structure to guide the movement.
Four studies in light and motion
A quieter rhythm.
Individual photographs, connected by colour, movement and a sense of stillness.
Quiet Motion II
Ervik · NorwayThe warmth of evening light, translated into flowing layers of colour.
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Quiet Motion III
Mølen · NorwayStone, sea and atmosphere merge into a softer sense of the shoreline.
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Quiet Motion IV
Autumn birchesA different direction: movement follows the vertical rhythm of the trees.
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A gesture
of light.
I deliberately move the camera during a longer exposure, following a horizon or the vertical rhythm of trees. Detail gives way to a quieter arrangement of colour and light.
The work begins in the camera and is developed with care for tone, colour and the atmosphere of the scene. I look for a balance between recognisable forms and the freedom of abstraction.
Whether the subject is a quiet coastline, contemporary architecture or the subtle patterns found in nature, the goal remains the same: photographs shaped by light, composition and atmosphere.
Roger Holmen
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Room for a
quieter rhythm.
A single photograph can bring a sense of calm to a room. A considered selection can connect several spaces. For interior architects, businesses, hotels and private collectors, Art for Spaces offers finished artworks and project-specific file licensing.
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your space.
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