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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Lifestyle
Interview by Edward Siddons

Clinging on naked in a Norwegian waterfall: Svante Gullichsen’s best photograph

Svante Gullichsen: Eroding Forces.
Svante Gullichsen: Eroding Forces. Photograph: Svante Gullichsen Photography (with the help of Matias Mattheiszen)

Last summer, I spent 10 days travelling through Norway with my partner. We toured Jotunheimen, a national park in the south criss-crossed with ravines, streams and waterfalls. I’d had an idea of an image I wanted to shoot, and Jotunheimen seemed the perfect place.

I wanted to photograph myself in the midst of a waterfall, but lots of the ravines and waterfalls we passed were too dangerous. One day, on a small, unpaved road at quite high altitude, I spotted a couple of streams converging in this black expanse of water.

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