βThe collie was trying to herd the lamb β but failingβ: Mark Aitkenβs best phone picture
The New Zealand-born photographer was planning to take a portrait of a farm owner when two animals caught his eye
For the last two years, Mark Aitken has been working on a photo series in Lapland. βItβsΒ called Presence of Absence,β he says, βand it explores the liminal and sometimes uncanny boundaries between life and death experienced by people living in this extreme climate andΒ landscape.β
Aitken, who was born in New Zealand, raised in South Africa and has lived in London for years, took this photo in spring of this year, on aΒ sheep farm. βKukkola is a borderland hamlet in Finnish Lapland on the River Tornio, near Sweden. The farm has been running for 20 years and this lamb is one of about 100 born in March and April,β he says.
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Β© Photograph: Mark Aitken