Ale's Stones

Somerled Karlsson

At the age of eight, Somerled Karlsson was gifted with his first camera. His passion for photography grew, and today he is exploring the early methods of taking pictures. He likes wet plate collodion and dry plate photography, and often makes use of cameras made a century ago.

Somerled has grown up by the sea, at the archipelago of Sankt Anna in Sweden. The elderly fishermen taught him knotting and rope craft. He became intrigued by their outlook upon life.

When Somerled moved south to Scania to study, he majored in psychology of religion at the university of Lund. This region also had a lot to offer him as a nature lover, and Somerled has lived here ever since. His studio is situated in a village near a medieval town, Ystad.