Boreal Dreams is a photographic series of northern lights captured across different countries. Seeing the aurora had been one of my biggest dreams, and the first time it came true was in Swedish Lapland in 2018. Since then, I have never stopped longing for that magical glow in the sky. I witnessed it again in the Faroe Islands in 2023, two nights in a row, but the most emotional moment came on May 10th, 2024, when an aurora appeared above Switzerland. It may not be my best image technically, but it remains my most treasured photograph, a memory so powerful that I can still recall every emotion. Under a full moon, the sky turned pink to the naked eye, and it felt as if the night itself was dreaming.
Later that same year, I traveled to Iceland and was gifted six aurora nights out of ten. It was there that I truly met the “Green Lady,” dancing furiously across the sky. For the first time, I saw the lights move with such speed and strength that they illuminated the landscape almost like daylight. Sometimes the ribbons of light were gentle, sometimes wild and untamed, always transforming the sky into a living canvas.
Northern lights have become my favorite subject to photograph, a never-ending dream that pulls me further north, into the Arctic, where I imagine living one day to witness them each winter. I once thought that seeing them once would be enough, but the truth is that it never is. Every aurora is different, each one unpredictable, a fleeting encounter with the invisible forces of our planet.
What fascinates me most is their mystery. To the human eye, the colors often appear muted, faint. But through the camera, hidden hues are revealed: greens, pinks, purples, sometimes all at once. Photographing them becomes a dialogue between perception and discovery, between what we think we see and what truly exists. Boreal Dreams is my way of holding onto that magic, of sharing the wonder of skies that will never look the same twice.
