Every year Noorderlicht organises its International Photofestival, in which diverse photographic genres and series are welded into a thematic narrative, like chapters in a book.
The 2012 Noorderlicht Photofestival will take place in the Frisian landscape, in interior spaces and outdoor areas. The central theme location is Museum Belvédère (Heerenveen/Oranjewoud).
The main topic of the Noorderlicht International Photofestival 2012 will be landscape as the illusion of nature. Photographers can submit their work until March 16.
The main exhibition of Noorderlicht 2012 examines our ambiguous relation with nature. Where reality proves recalcitrant, the imagination of the artist dissolves the boundaries. The photographer/auteur can appropriate the landscape to share his or her – and at the same time, our – dreams, and permit us to travel in an unreal world for a moment.

Noorderlicht International Photofestival
2 September 2012 - 7 October 2012
Museum Belvédère, Oranjewoud, The Netherlands