Photographer Inuuteq Storch of Greenland is demonstrating the knotty relationship between the two countries. The photographer from Greenland has taken over Denmark’s pavilion at this year’s Venice Biennale.
Storch shares some of his visual explorations of his homeland, Greenland, or rather: Kalaallit Nunaat. Storch connects individual stories within a larger, personal exploration of Greenlandic identity, history, and everyday life. His photographs — from Nuuk, Qaanaaq, Sisimiut, and abroad — convey a raw, poetic, and playful sense of community while also delving into spiritual connections with nature and ancestry.
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Inuuteq Storch is the first Kalaaleq artist to present a major exhibition in the Danish Pavilion. Storch is also the youngest artist ever to represent Denmark in Venice and the first photographer to do so. Nevertheless, his approach to the exhibition is deeply marked by notions of photographic legacy, turning to family albums, archives, histories of Kalaallit photographers and intimate snapshots of everyday life to explore how photography has shaped both personal and national identity in Kalaallit Nunaat.


Take a break in one of the hammocks behind the pavilion to admire an unexpected recreation of the breathtaking view from Storch’s house. The Venice Biennale runs through 24. November.
Photographer from Greenland Has Taken Over Denmark’s Pavilion at This Year’s Venice Biennale, written by Tor Kjolberg.
Feature image (on top): From the series Porcelain Souls © Inuuteq Storch. All images courtesy the artist.