Summer Morning in Nyhavn, Copenhagen by Alantherock: A Harbour Seen Twice

Summer Morning in Nyhavn by Alantherock is a photography print of Copenhagen's New Harbour on a clear summer morning, with the water so calm that the whole harbour appears twice. Once in the air, and once upside down in the canal. The masts of the sailing boats rise into a cloudless sky, then carry on downwards through the water until they reach the bottom edge of the print.

Summer Morning in Nyhavn, Copenhagen is an original photograph by Alan Pedersen, who works as Alantherock, taken at Nyhavn, Copenhagen's New Harbour, early on a clear summer morning. NOKUKO sells it as a signed photo print on Matt Enhanced paper (230 g) in one landscape size, 40x30 cm. The frame is not included.

A Harbour Seen Twice, Above and Below the Waterline

The photograph is built around the waterline, which runs across the picture a little below the middle. Everything above it is repeated beneath it. The water is calm enough to hold the reflection almost whole: the facades, the hulls, the pale building at the far end of the canal and the masts, all turned upside down.

The masts make it clearest. On the right, a row of tall masts climbs into the sky and continues in the water as long dark lines, so the eye can follow a single mast from near the top of the picture to the bottom edge. Only small ripples break the reflection, just enough to show that it is water and not glass.

The description that travels with the print names the conditions: an early summer morning, a clear blue sky and a gentle breeze. There is not one cloud in the frame. The blue at the top of the print comes back, a shade deeper, in the water at the bottom.

Two Sides of the Same Canal

The photograph looks straight down the length of Nyhavn, with a bank of houses on either side. The two banks answer each other without matching.

On the left, pale and white facades stand above two large vessels moored low against the quay, one white and one with a long black hull. On the right are the coloured houses Nyhavn is known for, yellow, orange and red, half hidden behind the rigging of the sailing boats. At the far end a pale building with trees in front of it closes the view, and the canal stops there.

The morning sun reaches both banks at once. The plaster on the left and the painted fronts on the right are lit alike, and the sky behind them is a single clean blue from edge to edge.

A Summer Morning to Keep Through the Winter

Summer Morning in Nyhavn comes in one landscape size, 40x30 cm, small enough for the wall above a desk or a narrow space beside a window. It is printed on Matt Enhanced paper (230 g) and signed by Alan Pedersen, whose signature sits in the lower right corner, on the water.

In a Scandinavian November, a clear blue morning is a long way off. This print keeps one on the wall. It is also a simple gift for someone who loves Copenhagen.

Alan has photographed his home city at other hours too. København, Fra solnedgang til daggry by Alantherock gathers eighteen of his photographs of Copenhagen taken between sunset and daybreak, lamps along the harbour included. Summer Morning in Nyhavn is the city at the other end of the day: one photograph, in full daylight, with nothing lit but the sun.

Nyhavn is usually remembered for its coloured houses. This photograph gives as much room to the water, and the water gives the harbour back a second time.

Hang it where you pass it every day. It is a small print with a long view in it.

About Summer Morning in Nyhavn

What paper is Summer Morning in Nyhavn printed on?
It is a photo print on Matt Enhanced paper (230 g). The frame shown in the product images is for illustration only and is not included.

What size does Summer Morning in Nyhavn come in?
One size: 40x30 cm, in landscape format.

Does Summer Morning in Nyhavn come in different editions?
No. There is one version of the photograph, in one size: Nyhavn on a clear summer morning, with the harbour reflected in the canal.

Is Summer Morning in Nyhavn signed, is it a limited edition, and does it come with a certificate?
It is signed by Alan Pedersen. It is not a limited edition, and no certificate of authenticity is issued, because certificates accompany NOKUKO's original works rather than its prints.