NORTHLETTERS

Words & Images: Bernodus Oli Einarsson I was only 15 years old when I had the first chance to work with whales at a company called Whales Hauganes, that was the point where I started feeling a deep connection to… read more

Images & Words: Fran Mart- Miles and miles have passed since I decided to move to the UK, and so many wonderful things have happened. I found the right path, the right guy to walk it with, and we’re making… read more

Words & Images Norbert von Niman- It is those days when you’re walking on a glacier, everything around you in full black and white except your friends yellow raincoat, wearing three layers and still getting cold. You are still waiting… read more

Words & Images Frederique Peckelsen- Not all summers are the same. Whilst most people use summers to lay in the sun and typically relax, for me summer is a time to explore and discover. I have the freedom to visit… read more

Images Ewan Thompson – Text Ewan Thompson & Melanie Kettner Ewan: There is nothing everyday about Namibia. The purpose of my trip to Southern Africa was primarily to visit the Okavango Delta in Botswana, but I was able to add… read more

Images: Eeva Mäkinen Words: Melanie Kettner & Eeva Mäkinen- Eeva Mäkinen is a photographer and a professional wilderness guide from Finland. Her passion is the wilderness and for her happiness is all about freedom. It’s also about waking up in… read more

Images Jon West & Words Melanie Kettner- Life challenges us all from time to time, some of us have to overcome harder defiances than others. In the end, changing perspective becomes the most important tool we can use to adjust… read more

Words & Images Josh Kempinaire- I’ve always been attracted by the North. I can’t really explain why, but I know that I like the cold, the snow, the soft light. That doesn’t mean that I don’t want to got to… read more

Images Mária Švarbová – Words Melanie Kettner- It’s already a while, that I’m in love with this series of Mária Švarbová . I’m happy to share it now- I like the hint of summer, the delicate colours and the surreal, yet… read more

Words & Images Gunnar Freyr Gunnarsson- I get an undefinable feeling when seeing something utterly breathtaking for the first time. My mind is blown away, and there is no way of replicating this feeling by revisiting the exact same place… read more

Words & Images Matthew Leonard- Growing up in a city in England I visioned the sea in a different way to which I do now. Back then I saw it as a non-inviting, closed-up and dark place. It was somewhere… read more

Words & Images: Caleb Gaskins- I’ve realized that some of life’s sweetest and truest gifts are found in the routines and normalities of the day. It is in the sitting down (whether I want to or not) and getting to… read more

My conversation with photographer Franca Perra about a life near the sea: I live with the northern sea and Franca comes from the sea of the south. Franca says, if you want to “meet” someone in the digital world, you have… read more

This week nordic summer inspiration with Davies Zambotti and her postcard from Norway. This beautiful series displays so well the nordic air with all its facets, the colour of the sea and the play between light and deep, chilly and… read more

Images: Morgane Erpicum Words: Melanie Kettner- To start an inspiring week we want to show you the delicate landscape photography of Morgane Erpicum. I love her soft tones and the message the images are holding. The light, soft, calm atmosphere… read more

This week on NORTHLETTERS: Award winning architectural and landscape photographer Kim Høltermand from Denmark, based in Copenhagen. I like the cool calmness in his iconic artworks, his nordic clearness in lines, forms and colours. Northern buildings and countries are the subjects… read more

Images: Haarkon Words: Melanie Kettner- This week I’m enjoying the colour green outside. In Hamburg this colour is nearly bursting at the moment, luckily also at the centre, where we are living, the surrounding seems to be a giant park.… read more

The wonderful vegetarian food blog “Krautkopf” is my vegetarian inspiration at the moment, it is written by Susann and Yannic, two photographers from Berlin. They create simple, balanced meals for every day, a wide range of very creative and fresh… read more

Winter inspiration before Christmas break with Jonathan Smith and his wondrous images of Iceland- a truly magic land. He captures the colours and soft light that winter reveals in certain moments. Just let indulge without too much words:  © all… read more

For This weekend I want to share with you “The stuff of life” by Hilary Robertson, published by Ryland Peters & Small. The way persons display objects in their homes reveals a lot about themselves. It is a little bit… read more

Today let’s go on the look for inspiration with Myriam Balaÿ Devidal and her creation of a collection of bracelets. Pretty adorable her work progress one can observe while dreaming over her fabulous pictures. You can see how the inspiration… read more

In summer break I want to share some pictures with you, my husband Thomas Kettner send to me from Venice a few weeks ago. He shot them before working on a fashion production, very early in the morning and in… read more

Northern chilly summer sometimes is a challenge. But I really love northern summer with all its different faces, wind, storms, cool morning swims, fire on the shore. This wonderful feature shows the inspiring site of the light, smell, colours and… read more

A wonderful, inspiring and relaxed summer time dear followers! I will be back here 12th of August and drop over in between with some picture inspirations. Here already two of them: Summer feeling with Maia Flore. She is the photographer… read more

Summer holiday time comes nearer, therefore: A beautiful nordic summer inspiration with Photographer Charlotte Schmidt Olsen and Stylist Camilla Tange Peylecke about the nearly deserted Danish island ROMSØ  on the coast of Funen with only 8 cottages on it, used as… read more

Mikkel Karstad’s beautiful new cookbook GONE FISHING by publishing house LINDHARDT & RINGHOF is much more than a simple cookbook, it shows another way of life: back to basics, near to nature and our instincts in behalf of eating and… read more

The Kinfolk Table Book presents inspiring couples and families who live a slow and mindful life,  in Copenhagen, Portland and in the English countryside, cultivating the art of hospitality. It displays the danish art of “hygge”, some kind of homely and… read more

Living in the nearness of water means a lot to me. Water is the essentially relevant element for the survival of the human species in many ways and it’s time to dedicate time to investigate this vulnerable topic. Water Journal, Volume… read more

In the midst of solitary wild Norway, in Alstad, is located the unique hotel Juvet. Owner Knut Slinning has retained an old farm house and built modern cabins, spread around the farm, enlaced by mountains near an incredible azure river.… read more

Vogue photographer Federico Cedrone was born in 1968 in Rhodesia, Africa. He grew up in Rome in a family surrounded by art and creativity, his parents were painters, but Federico discovered photography as his art. Since then he uses the camera… read more

In the middle of an oak forest on a mountain in Umbria lies the beautiful holiday home of Lise Septimius Krogh and photographer Kristian Septimius Krogh. You can sense the passion of Lise and Kristian for photography and interior design… read more

My story for you for this weekend is Ballet in her Mind. Last time I wrote that it’s so important to take care of one`s dreams, to sense what may have importance in your life one day and to follow… read more

My last winter scenery before spring is coming: Vega Cottage- a family vacation cottage and good example of a place to recharge batteries after tiring days and noisy city life. This incredible house stands on the island of Vega in the… read more

This weekend`s inspiration is the young Australian wedding storyteller Joshua Mikhaiel of The Stag and Doe. His way of showing a couple`s wedding day is fresh, unique and very touching. Let’s have a peek inside his beautiful work…for the wild… read more

Inspiration for this weekend: Talented young photographer Marta Bevacqua from Rome, born in 1989 and currently based in Paris. Here are some of my favorite and stunning pictures, Marta kindly send to me. She already did a campaign for Romeo… read more

Before I married my husband, I thought a lot about the picture of the unique wedding moment. Much more difficult, as my husband is a photographer himself. I think we found the special moment frozen in one picture forever. But… read more

I asked Marta Greber from whatshouldieatforbreakfasttoday to write something for me. Marta is a very special person, her blog is about having delicious breakfast as the best way of starting the day mindfully, with various recipes and little stories about her own… read more

Inspiration for the this weekend: Young, poetic photographer Mariam Sitchinava, love the softness, colours and airiness of her images. Her female pattern is gentle, meaningful and full of tenderness. She kindly send me my favourite pictures, to share with you:  … read more

In Norwegian wilderness magic Juvet hotel teaches us to treat nature with respect and blandness. Owner Knut Slinning created a place out of the ordinary, full of peace and closeness to nature. Knut calls this place his Soria Moria, a castle… read more

Young talented artist Anni Leppälä from Helsinki is currently living and working on a small island just outside the south coast of Helsinki. Her work has been exhibited since 2006 and right at the moment she prepares an exhibition in… read more

One of my inspirations for 2016: A life in line with nature. Therefore my first post this year is about Oak- The Nordic Journal, one of my favorite magazines about slow living, nature and nordic design. I chosed some passages for… read more

Inspiration for Christmas with dear Maria Fynsk Norup, photographer, writer and web  designer. She kindly wrote a guest post for Northletters about her life on a tiny danish island, where she moved to with her family to live a slower… read more

Love these calm morning moments, when the house is still sleepy, there is mist laying above the river and the sky is announcing a warm and soft sunlight. With my pyjamas, sweater and socks on I’m strolling through the rooms.… read more

This was a difficult week. In times like these we need some comfort and piece. So I wasn’t quiet sure, if I should write a blog post or not. But maybe to read this little story about Sweet Root can be… read more

Once we had a small cottage near the sea. What I loved most was the feeling of no man’s land, just the voices of the sea gull, the sound of the wind, a fire in the fireplace, no telephone, a… read more

“Cannot stop smiling since I tasted our own grown tomatoes for the first time this morning” Today I want to tell you the story of  Sigitas and Agne and their garden. They are the owner of the restaurant Sweet Root in Lithuania,… read more

For the weekend I want to share the poetic work of artist, photographer and stylist Frieda Mellema from Rotterdam with you: Her images are fragile, feminine, childlike, always unpredictable, with a playful, surprising and fresh element. It was really hard… read more

From my last post I got stuck with the Faroe Islands. So this post is dedicated to their people, nature and light. Copenhagen based Photographer Chris Tonnesen captured the avantgarde cooks of the restaurant Koks, that won the prize “best… read more

Mikkel Karstad is an innovativ danish food creator, Chef, cookbook author and writer for magazines. He is featured with his wife Camilla and his four kids in the current Kinfolk issue. He is currently working on a new cookbook, that will probably… read more

Dirk Luther is the chef  de cuisine and director of the hotel Alter Meierhof at the Fjord of Meierwik, near the Denmark frontier. He received the best distinction from the famous restaurant guide Gusto and since 2008 continuously gaines two… read more

„We want our public space to feel more human”- Ilse Crawford “A Frame for Life”, the inspiring book of Ilse Crawford, designer, creative director, academic and head of the design agency Studioilse in London, has the mission to put the human… read more