The Sun is free, Greenland. Landscape photograph by Sofia STEEG, finalist in the Shoot The Frame Landscape photography award, October 2024

Finalist Landscape · October 2024

The Sun is free

This was taken in Greenland after having visited an Inuit village. In that village, I asked a native child what his favourite tale was. He answered : "The Moon chasing the Sun". The Sun and the Moon are brothers and sisters, one day, they fought and the goddess of the Sun ran away from his brother. He chased after her and is still running. That is why the moon is rarely seen in the sky at the same time as the Sun. Sometimes, the Moon is too occupied to chase after the Sun that he forgets to eat, so he gets thinner and thinner until eating again...