Last meal on Halvmåneøya
Svalbard, Norway,
2015
Last meal on Halvmåneøya (Half Moon Island) Longyearbyen, Svalbard & Jan Mayen Islands. August 2015 Photographs: Guido van Helten
Titled Last meal on Halvmåneøya (Half Moon Island) this work was based on an original image by Alfred Svendsen of the three hunters Einar Svendsen, Eldor Svendsen and Georg Bjørnnes who lived on Halvmåneøya years 1920 – 1930. Written in the subtext of the photograph, this was the ‘last meal before leaving’.
With the original photograph found in Fotografi Arkiver Svalbard (Svalbard Museum), this work was also inspired by my two good friends and Artists from Iceland Adrian and Stefán and the photographs taken during our travel across the island from the abandoned settlement of Grumant (Coles Bay) to the isolated ethnic Russian community of Barentsburg. This work was commissioned and painted at Mary Ann’s Polarigg Hotel in the largest town on the Svalbard & Jan Mayen island group of Longyearbyen.
Photographs by Guido van Helten
Project Details
Project
Last meal on HalvmåneøyaLocation
Svalbard, NorwayCommissioner
Mary Ann's Polarigg
Mary Ann's Polarigg Hotel in Longyearbyen Svalbard & Jan Mayen Islands. August 2015 Photographs: Guido van Helten
Stefán and Adrian Longyearbyen, Svalbard & Jan Mayen Islands. August 2015 Photographs: Guido van Helten
Abandoned settlement at Coles Bay Svalbard & Jan Mayen Islands. August 2015 Photographs: Guido van Helten
Abandoned buildings overlooking Coles Bay Svalbard & Jan Mayen Islands. August 2015 Photographs: Guido van Helten
Abandoned coal mine site Svalbard & Jan Mayen Islands. August 2015 Photographs: Guido van Helten
Abandoned coal mine site Svalbard & Jan Mayen Islands. August 2015 Photographs: Guido van Helten
Stefán and Guido Svalbard & Jan Mayen Islands. August 2015 Photographs: Guido van Helten
Arctic beach at 3am Svalbard & Jan Mayen Islands. August 2015 Photographs: Guido van Helten
Arriving in the town of Barentsburg Svalbard & Jan Mayen Islands. August 2015 Photographs: Guido van Helten
Arriving in the town of Barentsburg Svalbard & Jan Mayen Islands. August 2015 Photographs: Guido van Helten
Arriving in the town of Barentsburg Svalbard & Jan Mayen Islands. August 2015 Photographs: Guido van Helten
Details in Barentsburg Svalbard & Jan Mayen Islands. August 2015 Photographs: Guido van Helten
Details in Barentsburg Svalbard & Jan Mayen Islands. August 2015 Photographs: Guido van Helten
Details in Barentsburg Svalbard & Jan Mayen Islands. August 2015 Photographs: Guido van Helten
Details in Barentsburg Svalbard & Jan Mayen Islands. August 2015 Photographs: Guido van Helten
Details in Barentsburg Svalbard & Jan Mayen Islands. August 2015 Photographs: Guido van Helten
Coal mining infrastructure in Barentsburg Svalbard & Jan Mayen Islands. August 2015 Photographs: Guido van Helten
Lenin in Barentsburg Svalbard & Jan Mayen Islands. August 2015 Photographs: Guido van Helten
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