While these photographs are almost entirely devoid of humans, the evidence of their presence is abundant. The fishing industry is the industry in the region, and current-day techniques don’t stray far from those of the residents’ Viking ancestors. Wilson reveals the traces of those who live perched at the tip of the world: fishing boats, gabled homes and barns, a lone Nordic skier, and of course, Christopher’s so-named cathedrals where thousands upon thousands of cod hang from the rafters to dry. The eye is drawn to these figures because they stand in such vivid contrast to the natural elements they are shrouded within. The horizon line remains constant and centered in each shot, but everything above and below it is nonlinear—jagged, wild, and unquestionably beautiful.
