{"id":6812,"date":"2016-04-07T14:18:01","date_gmt":"2016-04-07T12:18:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/perspektivet.no\/en\/?post_type=utstillinger&p=6812"},"modified":"2023-03-07T11:08:51","modified_gmt":"2023-03-07T10:08:51","slug":"atte-arstider","status":"publish","type":"bc_exhibition","link":"https:\/\/perspektivet.no\/en\/exhibitions\/atte-arstider\/","title":{"rendered":"Eight Seasons"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The exhibition is part of a series of common interest stories that appeared in the newspaper V\u00e4sterbottens-Kuriren in 2008, in which photographer Torbj\u00f6rn Jakobsson and journalist Bertil Wallin followed the Rehnfjells, a young family of reindeer herders during the autumn \u201csarv\u201d slaughter, the winter migrations and the summer calf branding over a one-year period:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A reindeer herding year can be divided into eight seasons; they are governed by the rhythms of nature, the herds\u2019 needs, and grazing conditions. Photographer Torbj\u00f6rn Jakobsson takes us with him as we follow the Sami herders\u2019 movements in V\u00e4sterbotten, north of Ume\u00e5. Our first encounter with Sophia, Johan and their children Niila and Pontus takes place in late summer during calf branding season high up in the hills, a mere stone\u2019s throw from the Norwegian border. And then we are invited into a world that most of us know little or nothing about.<\/p>\n\n\n