The good thing about being a landscape photographer is that you have to seek out the landscape. You’ve got to be there, you’ve got to be present." Per Bak Jensen
The Danish photographer, Per Bak Jensen (born 1949) is often said to be a pioneer in his field. In his indefatigable search for a photographic expression he has created a number of photographic series, which have placed him as one of the most important fine art photographers in Scandinavia. For Bak Jensen, who never digitally manipulates his images, it is essential to catch a certain essence of timelessness of the landscape, which, by his own words, set out to capture “the being of places”. His photographs frame locations and moods rather than people, and his unique feeling for atmosphere and the milieu is evident