Jacob Aue Sobol’s book reveals a candid account of his intimate relationship with girlfriend Sabine and their life together on the east coast of Greenland. In 1999, Sobol went to live in the settlement of Tiniteqilaaq, Greenland, where he lived the life of a fisherman and hunter with his Greenlandic girlfriend and her family.

Taken over three years Sobol’s book records, in photographs and narratives, his encounter with Sabine and their life on the east coast. This was the starting point of Sobol’s photography and has since in 2012  been declared as a Magnum photographer.

My reasons for choosing Sobol as an artist reference, is due to the fact that he is capturing intimate moments within his natural surroundings, non-staged and unedited moments are captured as they truly are. This is essentially how I wish to photograph my own project, in order to encapsulate my very own environment and surroundings.

The image above features Sobol’s girlfriend, Sabine, whom he captures kissing the camera, before her boyfriend was due to leave for a hunting trip.

This photograph, features a snapshot style, that does not follow any of the conventions that make a good photograph, in relation to photography. Despite this, it does contain a very emotive feel, as Sobol has captured an intimate moment, the act of kissing directly towards a subject, that is often unseen in a general scenario, as we cannot freeze the subject or the moment itself.

I feel that the fact that the camera is out of focus only adds to the rawness of this photograph, as we see Sabine throwing herself at Sobol, in an act of passion, something he himself is only experiencing. Which is essentially what Sobol’s work and in particular this project consists of.