Hardanger Photography
Hardanger is where the fjord landscape becomes cultivated: fruit trees in bloom above deep water, red apples against steep mountains, and quiet villages folded into the slopes. This Hardanger photography portfolio follows the region through spring and late summer, from orchards around Lofthus and historic farm settings to glacier-fed rivers, Bondhusbreen, Buarbreen and Bondhusvatnet.
Lofthus by the Hardangerfjord in spring, with blossom, rowing boats and snow-covered mountains reflected in still water.
Blooming fruit trees above the Hardangerfjord, where still water turns the mountains into a clear reflection.
Apple blossom in orderly rows above the Hardangerfjord, with snow on the mountains across the water.
A calm morning on the Hardangerfjord at Lofthus, with snow-covered mountains reflected in green-blue water.
Spring by Hotel Ullensvang in Lofthus, with blossom, the Norwegian flag and the blue Hardangerfjord.
Hotel Ullensvang in Lofthus, seen through spring blossom above the Hardangerfjord.
Spring blossom framing Hotel Ullensvang and the mountains across the Hardangerfjord.
Fruit blossom above the Hardangerfjord, with snow-streaked mountains mirrored in the calm fjord below.
White fruit blossom against blue fjord and snow-touched mountains in springtime Hardanger.
A mature fruit tree in bloom, set against fjord, orchards and snow-patched mountains in Hardanger.
Farmhouses and blossoming fruit trees above the Hardangerfjord, a quiet meeting of settlement, orchard and fjord.
Agatunet in Hardanger – historic wooden farm buildings set between spring green and snow-touched mountains.
A white farmhouse above the Hardangerfjord, with fruit blossom, a Norwegian flag and steep mountains across the water.
Ullensvang Church by the Hardangerfjord, surrounded by orchards and low morning mist.
Fruit trees in bloom on a grey spring day, with the Hardangerfjord and cloud-covered mountains beyond.
Spring orchards at Lofthus above the Hardangerfjord, with young fruit trees, cloud-wrapped mountains and the boat from Bergen on its way to the quay.
A fruit farm above the Hardangerfjord, where apple rows descend toward the water and mountains beyond.
Late-season apples in a Hardanger orchard, with the fjord and steep mountains beyond the rows.
Red apples framing the Hardanger landscape, with orchards, fjord and mountains layered behind.
Ripe apples in a Hardanger orchard, with village houses and cultivated hillsides beyond the rows.
Apple trees above Lofthus, with Hotel Ullensvang and the Hardangerfjord in the background.
Apple orchards in Hardanger, where red fruit, steep mountains and the fjord meet in the same frame.
Ripe apples in late-season light, with the Hardangerfjord softly blurred behind the branches.
Bondhusvatnet in Hardanger – a small rowing boat on turquoise glacier water beneath steep valley walls.
Bondhusbreen in Hardanger – a glacier arm of Folgefonna, where blue ice descends between steep rock walls above the valley.
Close to Buarbreen, a glacier arm of Folgefonna, where compressed blue ice breaks into rough ridges above the rock.
A small boat at rest on a mirror-calm fjord, with red boathouses and mountains reflected in the water.
The river flowing down from Buarbreen in Hardanger, cold and fast between moss-covered boulders and spring flowers.
From the Journal
Hardanger Between Blossom and Ice
A personal reflection on photographing Hardanger between spring blossom, red apples, fjord light and glacier ice.