Norway-born Sydney-based artist Ellen Dahl is the winner of the $30,000 National Photography Prize this year, presented by the Murray Art Museum Albury (MAMA) today (23 March).
Four Days before Winter is part of Dahl’s ongoing project, titled Field Notes From The Edge, which explores the Norwegian archipelago of Svalbard. It is the northernmost settlement on the planet, where the Svalbard Global Seed Vault is situated, but it is also fastest warming place on Earth – with temperatures climbing twice as fast as the rest of the Arctic and six times above the global average.
