In February the light returns and the days get longer quickly. It’s almost a euphoric feeling when you notice the difference from one day to another as you draw the curtains in the mornings. Thick clouds and fog have done their best to hide the change, but the light wins even if we don’t actually see the sun.

The sun is still quite low over the horizon and the sunrises and sunsets are long. It makes for great photography when the light reflects from glass facades, and turns clouds into colourful light shows. The tower (Karlatornet) is omnipresent on the Gothenburg skyline. It seems like wherever you look there it is. It’s fascinating and grotesque at the same time. In a small city like this it feels unnecessary and more of a monument to money and power. It’s like an alien spaceship permanently moored to the island of Hisingen.

The tower contrasts with the historic ilse of Slottsberget, a piece of coastal fishing village in the middle of the Gothenburg harbour. The blocks of four story wooden apartments are remnants of Gothenburg’s shipbuilding era. Cooper and I walk around here every morning all year around at almost exactly the same time.

It has been quite foggy this winter. At night it makes for interesting light effects and cool atmospheres. The lights around Sannegårdshamnen and the people moving around the Port Arthur pub are subjects I keep returning to.

The photographs in this post are all taken from around Sannegården and Eriksberg close to where we live, with the exception of the photos of the bridge with the four pillars that was taken from the mainland side early one morning.