Eirik Brekke
Bio
Eirik Brekke (f.1966) er fast ansatt fotograf i Bergens-Tidende.
Utdannelse fra Pressefotografskolen i Fredrikstad. Har gjort større egne prosjekt, blant annet prosjektet "Kjøpesenter" som fikk støtte fra "Karina Jensens Minnefond" ( I dag "Karina-Stipendet") og deltaker i boken "Norsk Dokumentarfotografi i dag"
Deltaker i Fritt-Ord støttede "Norwegian Journal of Photography" (NJP) med Hardangervidda-prosjektet.
«The Plateau»
Hardangervidda is Northern Europe’s largest high mountain plateau, covering 8 000 square kilometers. If you stand in the middle of the plateau, the view is almost infinite in all directions. You will see rivers, large lakes and weathered mountains.
About 8 000 meters ago, the first people came to the highland plateau, they lived by hunting reindeer and fishing.
From 2015 to 2024 Eirik Brekke has been a regular visitor to Hardangervidda to see who uses the plateau today. After many of the photos were taken, restrictions have been introduced on human traffic on parts of the Hardangervidda. This is to protect the wild reindeer herd that has been on the plateau since the last ice age.
Afterword by Marit Eikemo, Norwegian essayist, novelist, journalist and magazine editor.
This is Eirik Brekke’s first book.