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Chasing the Light – Polar Night and Arctic Dawn

Andrew Chalk

This exhibition brings together a series of stark images captured across the far North—Luleå’s vast ice road mid industrial exploitation, Longyearbyen’s homes glowing in the deep polar night, and Tromsø caught in the perpetual half-light of dusk.

Through these photographs, we experience a world shaped by extremes, where light becomes both a physical need and an emotional compass. Each reflects a deeply human effort to adapt, to warm, to survive. In these remote, frozen spaces, the presence—or absence—of light becomes a quiet meditation on what it means to live on the edge of the world.

At its core, this exhibition speaks to something profoundly human: our longing for light, not only to see, but to feel alive. It’s a reminder that no matter how far we venture into the wilderness, we are always chasing brightness—through windows, across snowfields, and into the vast, indigo sky.

Biographies

Andrew’s passion for photography is equal parts curiosity and community building. For him, images have always been more useful for communication, and photography came with a nuanced new language. He lives (and photographs) with family in tow.

Website: andrewchalk.com

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