The West Coast of Europe – a photographic journey from Skagen to Gibraltar An exhibition by Jens Fink Jensen - in co-operation with the Fisheries and Maritime Museum in Esbjerg, Denmark

For the first time ever the entire west coast of mainland Europe is presented in just one exhibition. The writer and photographer Jens Fink-Jensen has travelled along the 10,000 kilometre-long west coast of Europe from Skagen to Gibraltar and described the frontier between land and sea in words and pictures.

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“The west coast of Europe” is a traveller’s tale about cultural differences, but definitely also about similarities, about a common, unbroken coastland which exists across the national frontiers of Denmark, Germany, The Netherlands, Belgium, France, Spain, Portugal and Gibraltar.

The west coast of Europe from Skagen to Gibraltar offers a magnificent countryside and a varied culture. It is the coast of dunes, beaches and cliffs, but also of dikes, locks, lagoons and capes. It is speckled with history, which has left numerous traces. For centuries the west coast of Europe has been the scene of explorers, pirates and wars, for emigrants the last glimpse of Europe and for traders, sailors, fishermen and whalers it has provided safe harbours and a base for maritime enterprices. Most recently, it has become the coast of tourists and – especially the southern part – of sun and water worshippers.

Jens Fink-Jensen (born in 1956) is a writer, photographer and composer. He is the author of several collections of poems, short stories and children’s books and has set up many photo exhibitions and multimedia performances. In 2008 The West Coast of Europe – a Photo Journey from Skagen to Gibraltar is also published as a book by the publishing house Rosenkilde in 2008.

The material for the exhibition on “The west coast of Europe” is offered for sale.

The material provided include:

• A set of DVD's containing 180 photos in high resolution, 300 dpi, A4 oversize, suitable for large plots
• Large high resolution map of Europe with all locations from the exhibition marked
• Texts in English
• DVD containing a slide show with about 100 selected photos, maps and a sound track with ocean sounds and original music composed by Jens Fink-Jensen

Price for ICMM members: 1.000 Euro

Contact:
Morten Hahn-Pedersen
[email protected]
The Fisheries and Maritime Museum
Tarphagevej 2
6710 Esbjerg V
Denmark
Phone: + 45 76 12 20 00 Fax: + 45 76 12 20 10

A short introduction to the exhibition is available at www.fimus.dk  More information about the author and the project can be found at www.jensfink.com and www.coast-line.eu