EVERYTHING ABOUT SHETLAND
Wu Wei
I travelled to the Shetland Islands in November to visit the islands, waves and sheep. It took me over twenty hours on the road, but it was worth it in the end because it is a fantastic place. I used film cameras, digital cameras and aerial photography to document the islands. The hospitable Scottish bus drivers were the best guides and gave me all the travelling advice I needed. The northern part of the islands has magnificent terrain with red mountains and the remains of some nomadic settlements, and is very suitable for hiking enthusiasts.
The southern part of the archipelago has a beautiful coastline with sandy beaches and countless dwarf horses and sheep. I spent a full day at the southernmost lighthouse watching the sea from sunrise to sunset and tried to track down some whales and seals, but unfortunately failed. I took this series of photos with the theme "Everything about Shetland", which means a lot to me. I felt so relaxed and free in the wilderness that my camera became my eyes, and I greedily snapped photo after photo of Shetland, trying to capture everything about it in my mind and my camera. I felt that I had also become a sheep, staring blankly at an azure sea. I also came to the eastern part of the island, only three hundred kilometres from Norway, in the face of stormy winds and torrential rain. I may not have travelled the world, but in Shetland, I may have seen waves from all over the world.
This article first appeared in PRISMA, Issue 14.