Lotta Törnroth combines image and text to explore her curiosity towards the sea and the contradictory feeling of simultaneous calmness and restlessness that catches her whenever she is close to the water. The starting point in her works is always in some way true, historical or mythical. Realities are layered upon each other through people she meets and words she reads, until a carefully crafted story is selected and there is no truth left. She examines everything as through a self-portrait, realizing that her works speak more of her own self than about the subject. In this way, even though she often does not use her own words to tell her story, it is still hers.

Lotta Törnroth (born 1981, Stockholm, Sweden) completed her Master of Arts at the Aalto University, School of Art, Design and Architecture in Helsinki, Finland and her Bachelor degree from the University of Gothenburg School of Photography, Sweden. She has received grants and has participated in exhibitions and photo festivals in Sweden, Denmark and Finland. In May 2014 she won the Victor Fellowship from Hasselblad Foundation. This year she will release her artist book To Wait For the Inevitable: Narratives From the Sea.