Sarah Michelle Riisager: Freeze Frame For Real

“Talking about fear has always been important to me. It’s a big part of my work,” Sarah Michelle Riisager reveals. “If there is nothing at risk, it becomes too easy.” The Danish photographer’s latest series, Frozen, was taken while assisting as a videographer for Magnum photographer Jacob Aue Sobol on a two and a half month, 7000 kilometer journey across Yakutia, a desolate region of northeastern Siberia where the temperature fluctuates between freezing and minus sixty degrees. “Frozen is an insight into my universe,” she explains, “a universe built on wonder, loneliness, love, and fascination.”