In the first two chapters of Rocks & Trolls, we walked the line between geology and imagination, discovering faces in the cliffs that seemed almost peaceful—creatures caught in a heavy, eternal sleep or gazing longingly toward the horizon. We explored the melancholic beauty of the petrified myth.
But those who know the old stories know that not all trolls were gentle giants.

This third installment of the series takes a darker turn. As the journey continued into rougher terrain, the light shifted, and the shadows grew longer. The formations captured in this new set of images shed the ambiguity of the previous collections. Here, the erosion feels violent, and the stone appears twisted by something more than just wind and water.

These new faces do not look like they fell asleep; they look like they were screaming when the sunlight hit them. You will see jagged brows, gaping maws, and expressions of fury frozen in cold basalt. There is a menace in these rocks—a lingering sense of the hostility that defines the more fearsome parts of Nordic folklore.

Prepare yourself. The nine images below reveal the sheer, raw power of the landscape, where the boundary between a rock formation and a monster feels unsettlingly thin.