Balloon man’s last walk
- Words
- Caroline Kurze
For those of us who look to the skies, this photographic project compels our attention. Viktor Gårdsäter is a 28 year old photographer living in Stockholm, Sweden. ‘Balloon man’s last walk’ is one of his latest fashion stories about an elderly man’s last day alive.
+ Read MoreIt all comes down to that striking idea of this man, tethered to a metallic blue balloon, and his nostalgic journey to significant places and sweet memories of life, in a last walk and a farewell to the city. The balloon works as a metaphor for death and in the end takes the old man to the sky, fulfilling its promise of carrying us all away.
All images © Viktor Gårdsäter
