On this page I will share some stories behind the images, thoughts on upcoming trips and art fairs, as well as some trip reports, and random thoughts. If you are interested in more details about the things on this page, feel free to contact me.

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I have to admit that I stole the title of this page from George R. R. Martin. If you don’t know who that is, all I can say “Drakharis”.

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My Favorite Images of 2025: Part 1. From Blizzards to Sunsets

We are at the end of 2025, and it is time, once again, to reflect on the previous year. This is going to be a first post out of a series of three. The first two will be dedicated to my favorite images of the year. In the third “definitely not a blog” I will focus on the different exhibits, awards and other things that happened in 2025.

I’ve had a good amount of images that made it to the shortlist of “my favorites”. As a result, I decided to break them down into two posts, to keep it a bit more manageable. If you would like to see all the images, and some additional behind the scenes footage, check out the video below.

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Drinking from a Hose and Playing the World’s Tiniest Violin

Life has been very busy for me this fall (hence part of the title of this “definitely not a blog”). In fact, I got so busy with things ranging from business travel to participating in multiple art fairs that I barely had time to take new images and edit older ones (yes, I am still severely behind in my editing process, and that’s all I am going to say about that).

The second part of the title, is just to remind myself that despite being so busy, I am also very lucky to be able to do all these things, and I shouldn’t complain. In fact, I had a pretty good fair season so far, and also managed to combine some business travel with capturing some great images (more on that later).

All that being said, I finally got a little breather now, and am able to get ready for new art fairs and photographic adventures.

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