Gullholmen | Gullholmen, Sweden
From altitude above the Bohuslän coast, Gullholmen sits in dark teal water as a single dense form - orange-red rooftops packed onto bare granite right to the shoreline, no road, no car, no space between any two buildings that wasn't deliberately left.
Open edition - Aerial fine art by Tobias Hägg - 210g natural white art paper, matte finish
archival paper
shipping above €95
Stockholm, Sweden
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Gullholmen is one of the oldest fishing communities on Sweden's Bohuslän coast - a small island so densely built that no cars have ever fit on it. Every house sits directly on bare granite, angled to the slope, painted in the deep reds and ochres of traditional Swedish timber. From altitude the full shape of the island becomes visible for the first time - an irregular form in dark water, its surface covered almost entirely by rooftops with only the narrowest lanes and occasional glimpses of rock visible between them. Boats moored at the quays around the edge are the only indication of scale.
Where Harmonic Disorder captures the compressed rooftop texture in close detail, this image shows the full island in its setting - the relationship between the dense human settlement and the dark water surrounding it on all sides. The two images work naturally as a pair, but each stands on its own. The warm orange and deep teal palette makes this one of the most colour-vivid images in the Nordic collection.
Craft & Materials
| Paper | 210g natural white art paper, matte finish - lifetime archival quality |
| Border | 50mm white border for easy framing |
| Framing | Fits standard frames (not included) |
| Sizes | 30×40 cm - 50×70 cm - 70×100 cm |
| Delivery | 3-14 days, shipped in a protective tube |
| Shipping | Worldwide - free above €95 |
| Paper | 210g natural white art paper, matte — lifetime archival quality |
| Border | 50mm white border for easy framing |
| Framing | Fits standard frames (not included) |
| Delivery | 3–14 days, shipped in a protective tube |
| Shipping | Worldwide — free above €95 |
Gullholmen
Gullholmen is one of the oldest fishing communities on Sweden's Bohuslän coast - a small island so densely built that no cars have ever fit on it. Every house sits directly on bare granite, angled to the slope, painted in the deep reds and ochres of traditional Swedish timber. From altitude the full shape of the island becomes visible for the first time - an irregular form in dark water, its surface covered almost entirely by rooftops with only the narrowest lanes and occasional glimpses of rock visible between them. Boats moored at the quays around the edge are the only indication of scale.
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Every image captured from altitude by Tobias Hägg. Printed on archival paper, made to order, shipped worldwide from Stockholm, Sweden.
