Lyngvig fyr - Shepherd of the night

At the stormy coast of western Denmark, Christen used to patrol the beach every night there were local ships in danger in the frothing sea. He was on guard for six hours, walking the beach, up and down, looking for flares. One night the 24-year old finds his brother drowned at beach. His brothers boat has turned over in the heavy waves.
- God put me on a test that night, says 82-year old Christen.

Christens mother died when he was twelve and the little boy was to learn how sorrow hits you. He was confronted with dark nights of solitude while his father was out working at the rescue ship. - I used the glimpse from the lighthouse to find my way to grandmoms house. The light reminded me of lightning and thunder. I had to teach myself to be fond of the luminosity it brought to my life.

To Christen, the lighthouse is more than a glimpse in the dark. - It has been the light of my life.
- We don´t use big words out here in the west Jylland. Perhaps people survived because of Lyngvig fyr. Perhaps not. Signe Nedregaard, daughter of the last keeper of the lighthouse in Hvide Sande. While the storms were hitting the western coast of Jylland in the 20th century, terrified seamen would search the sky for any sign of the lighthouse.

View from one of the windows at Lyngvig fyr. You could get assosiations to a moon landscpe.
The lighthouse of Lyngvig is 35 meters tall and many have felt dizzy in the staircase. The lighthouse moves slightly with the wind.