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Ultimate Vistas: A Land Rover Project

Jonas Bendiksen captures the striking scenery of his home country on commission for Land Rover

Jonas Bendiksen

Jonas Bendiksen The famous Trollstigen road, a series of switchbacks winding its way through a steep cliffside near Åndalsnes. Trollstigen, Norway. 2016. © Jonas Bendiksen | Magnum Photos
Jonas Bendiksen The Barcode neighborhood of Oslo. Oslo, Norway. 2016. © Jonas Bendiksen | Magnum Photos
Jonas Bendiksen Tjuvholmen, Oslo, Norway. 2016. © Jonas Bendiksen | Magnum Photos
Jonas Bendiksen Ålesund at dusk. Norway. 2016. © Jonas Bendiksen | Magnum Photos
Jonas Bendiksen The famous Trollstigen road. A series of switchbacks winding its way through a steep cliffside near Åndalsnes. Trollstigen, Norway. 2016. © Jonas Bendiksen | Magnum Photos
Jonas Bendiksen Mountain driving on the plateau above Geiranger. Norway. 2016. © Jonas Bendiksen | Magnum Photos
Jonas Bendiksen View out on the Geiranger fjord. Geiranger, Norway. 2016. © Jonas Bendiksen | Magnum Photos
Jonas Bendiksen The plateau between Valldal and Trollstigen. Norway. 2016. © Jonas Bendiksen | Magnum Photos
Jonas Bendiksen The famous Trollstigen road, a series of switchbacks winding its way through a steep cliffside near Åndalsnes. Trollstigen, Norway. 2016. © Jonas Bendiksen | Magnum Photos
Jonas Bendiksen The famous Trollstigen road, a series of switchbacks winding its way through a steep cliffside near Åndalsnes. Trollstigen, Norway. 2016. © Jonas Bendiksen | Magnum Photos

This year Land Rover commissioned Jonas Bendiksen to shoot Ultimate Vistas, a photographic series of landscapes ranging from urban cityscapes to more remote locations. To launch the project, Bendiksen travelled across Norway capturing the dramatic scenery of his home country. Beginning in the distinctly modern urban environment of Oslo with its striking architecture, Bendiksen and his crew then travelled northwest through the Dovre mountains, via the epic switchback roads of Trollstigen, and on to the snow-covered plateaus and vast fjords of Geiranger as well as the Art Nouveau-inspired town of Ålesund.

Bendiksen speaks about taking the perfect landscape photograph in this video.

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