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$For a photographer, a single image captures just a fraction of a second. But what happens when you observe the exact sam...$

02/15/2026

For a photographer, a single image captures just a fraction of a second. But what happens when you observe the exact same subject, from the exact same vantage point, over a period of years?

My latest photographic essay, Oslofjorden: As Framed Through a Bedroom Window, is a diachronic study of time, light, and atmosphere. Using a long focal length to compress the 22-kilometer view of the inner fjord, I set out to document the infinite variety of the shifting Norwegian seasons—from the expansive, iridescent blue of the summer water to the slow-burning gold of the winter sky.

It has been an exercise in finding beauty in the subtle shifts and heavy grey days that a casual observer might miss. You can view the collected archive and read the full essay on Substack here: https://twillick.substack.com/p/oslofjorden

01/26/2026

MAD Bikes. Oslo, 2025

These are the most distinctive, stylized bicycle racks that I have ever seen. The Norwegian architectural firm MAD arkitekter designed them for the Barcode project.

My first reaction standing there in the dark, alone, surrounded by tall buildings, looking at the minimalist stainless steel forms with their white and red LED lights, was that I was on the set of the neo-noir film “Dark City”. I whipped out my iPhone and grabbed this image, fully intending to go back later when I had more time to compose properly and use a camera with better noise performance. But I never went back. This has been one of the lessons I learned this past year: the only thing that matters is if the image carries the weight of the emotion I felt at that moment: standing there, excited to see something new and thoughtful.

The emotion of a personal encounter is something that AI-generated images, striving for perfect, noiseless compositions, will never have, nor be able to replace. Maybe that is why people still play chess, long after AI demonstrated that it can beat any human at any time.

01/24/2026

Tre og mann. Moss, 2025

While walking along a farm road near Moss, I noticed a man camped out reading (or perhaps watching a video). I waited for several minutes to see if he would pack up under the threat of an impending thunderstorm, but I chickened out and headed for my car before he left.

01/22/2026

Høstfarger på Bogstad. Oslo, 2025

The fall colours were lovely this year, but unfortunately, I didn’t have the time to properly plan when and where to go. For example, I missed the prime window here at Bogstad Manor (another Oslo landmark) by about a week. You will have to fill in the missing colours with your mind’s eye. Hopefully, I will catch the full show next year.

01/19/2026

Måker på biblioteket #2. Oslo, 2025

Anne-Catharina Vestly was a famous Norwegian author. She received many honours for her work, including the naming of Anne-Cath. Vestlys plass in front of the main Oslo library (Deichman Bjørvika). The square features a shallow basin that the city fills with water so people can skate on it in the winter.

On a warm, overcast day, I stopped to watch some gulls standing in the meltwater. They were oblivious to the masses of people surrounding them. I thought a bit about how gulls have adapted to urban life and set out to capture their interaction with humans (which is to say, they largely ignore us unless there is food in the offing).

This is the second image that I took while people-and-gull watching at Anne-Cath. Vestlys plass. I like seeing both the human and the bird in motion.

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01/18/2026

Måker på biblioteket #1. Oslo, 2025

Anne-Catharina Vestly was a famous Norwegian author. She received many honours for her work, including the naming of Anne-Cath. Vestlys plass in front of the main Oslo library (Deichman Bjørvika). The square features a shallow basin that the city fills with water so people can skate on it in the winter.

On a warm, overcast day, I stopped to watch some gulls standing in the meltwater. They were oblivious to the masses of people surrounding them. I thought a bit about how gulls have adapted to urban life and set out to capture their interaction with humans (which is to say, they largely ignore us unless there is food in the offing).

This is one of two images I took there.

Måker

01/16/2026

Noctilucent clouds. Sognsvann, 2025

I have been hunting noctilucent clouds for a long time, and this is the first image of them that I have managed to get. Noctilucent clouds (NLCs), or ‘night-shining clouds,’ are the thin, ragged, electric-blue streaks you see here.

They are the highest clouds in Earth’s atmosphere, sitting about 75 to 85 kilometers above the surface. For context, regular weather clouds rarely exceed 10 to 15 km. NLCs are made of tiny ice crystals forming on suspended dust particles—likely left over from meteors or volcanic ash.

01/15/2026

Cascade Mountain. Christmas Day, 2024.

01/14/2026

Moonset in the Badlands. Alberta 2024

01/13/2026

Castle Mountain. Banff, 2025

01/12/2026

The Toe of the Glacier. The Icefields Parkway, 2024

01/11/2026

Mountain Lines. The Icefields Parkway, 2024

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