Øresund
- Between Midgard and Asgard, the Human and the Divine
A fine art photography project by Jeremy McCormack
At the meeting point of sky and sea, Øresund becomes more than a landscape — it becomes a portal. A threshold where time slows, the senses open, and the boundaries between self and world begin to dissolve. Here, a unique kind of elevation becomes possible — not physical ascent, but a rising of awareness. In this expanse, light and water reflect something vast and subtle: a mirror not of gods, but of our deepest consciousness.
We are not just bodies moving through nature; we are energy in form — part of the same eternal field that moves through all things. Yet much of life is spent in disconnection, filtered through the small, conscious mind, focused on the material and the individual.
Through the rhythm of four seasons, these images follow a journey not upward, but inward — toward stillness, reflection, and presence. Through timing, extraordinary perception, and deep alignment, we glimpse the exact moments where portals open — where nature stirs emotion, memory, awe. Where light and water become messengers of the sacred.
Øresund becomes not just a place in Denmark, but a threshold for the self: a living invitation to wake, to see, and to feel again a connection to the part of us that remembers our origin as energy, as spirit, as something timeless.
This is an invitation to reconnect — to presence, to feeling, to the infinite energy that unites all things.
Artistic Lineage & Creative Approach
Øresund - Into the Infinite is a fine art photography project capturing a distilled year of light, weather, and emotional transformation across the Øresund strait — where sea meets sky, and, on clear mornings, where Denmark meets Sweden.
This project draws inspiration from two foundational artistic lineages:
First, from Paul Cézanne, whose repeated studies of Mont Sainte-Victoire focused not on changing subject matter, but on the emotional and perceptual shifts brought on by light, weather, and time. Like Cézanne, this work returns to the same view and vantage point — allowing nature itself to become the agent of variation and meaning.
Second, from Gerhard Richter’s waterscapes, which dissolve the line between painting and photography. Where Richter blurred photographs to evoke the emotional resonance of painting, this project reverses that impulse: here, photography is used with the intention and sensitivity of painting. Composition, timing, and a deep connection to the moment create images that are not merely documents, but expressions of something felt — energetic, emotional, and alive.
What begins as repetition becomes revelation. These images reflect not only surface conditions, but the underlying movement of emotion, energy, and connection. Each image is not merely a record of light or weather, but a reflection of energy and feeling — the shifting sky, rising wind, and swelling tide revealing and resonating with something equally dynamic within.
Often, it was the storm — the charged air, the darkened sea, the moment just before the light returned — that held the most visceral emotion. Beauty isn’t only found in light and stillness, but also in turbulence, force, and awe. In these darker moments, there is meaning that is distinct but inseparable from the serene — a reminder that the same currents moving through the world also move through us.
Structure & Selection
One Year, Fifty-Two Images - Though photographed over a five-year period, this project distills an archetypal year into fifty-two images — one for each week, carefully selected from thousands. Each image is titled with the exact time and date it was taken, anchoring it in a singular moment while inviting reflection on something far more expansive.
Grouped into four seasons, the images unfold like a visual symphony — revealing the cyclical, emotional, and energetic rhythm of life through a single place, deeply observed.
Status: Editing & Curating
After five years of photographing, I am now reviewing and refining thousands of images to shape the final series — selecting the most resonant from each week to carry meaning, emotion, and engagement, and to form not only individual moments, but an interconnected journey through the material.
A sample of potential choices:
