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Knut Egil Wang - Southbound

“Each year, a large number of Norwegians spend at least a few weeks in Syden, a term for the Mediterranean beach towns to the South, to escape the cold. The Norwegian photographer Knut Egil Wang decided to attempt to capture “a country that doesn’t exist,” taking pictures in Cyprus and the Canary Islands. Prior to this project, Wang had never participated in the ritual. He found that Norwegian vacation customs share some common threads: “The sweet quirkiness many Norwegians seem to be equipped with from nature stands out more clearly in a foreign landscape,” Wang said.” From The New Yorker