Iceland is dwelling to a few of the most breathtaking pure wonders which are simply begging to be photographed. So, it’s not stunning to see many photographers discovering inspiration all over the place and arising with alternative ways to seize it.
The distinctive panorama, for one, lends itself simply to stunning summary images, as we’ve got beforehand seen within the aerial images of Jan Erik Waider. The view from the bottom additionally opens up different visible parts which are good for summary type, as Sydney-based photographer and movement designer Chris Harkin reveals us in his “Impermanence” collection.
As a inventive, amongst his sources of inspiration and fascination is the pure world. His collection that includes the surreal ice caves of Vatnajökull, Iceland is a testomony to this. If you happen to nonetheless have the island nation in your bucket checklist of locations to shoot and get misplaced in, I’m certain these photographs will encourage you much more.
A portrait of a altering world
Chris notes that he took the collection inside one of many ice caves of Vatnajökull, which is definitely a 2,500-year-old glacier.
Spanning roughly 3205 sq. miles (8,300 sq. kilometers) and measuring 1 km thick at its deepest level, it’s additionally the most important and most huge ice cap within the nation. These particulars alone make the traditional glacier one of the fascinating locations on Earth to go to and naturally, to immortalize in images.
He described the sights he captured as “frozen types of an ever-changing world sculpted by the fixed stream of water and wind.”
I discover this a stupendous and correct abstract of all the small print showcased within the collection: The cool blue hues, the hypnotic curves and slopes of the ice, and the bubbles and ripples seemingly suspended in time. It makes me see the photographs as a portrait of Iceland formed by hundreds of years of fixed change, and remains to be altering.
Discovering magnificence in impermanence
“Impermanence,” for sure, is a message of warning concerning the state of the world we stay in. What I discover most compelling about it’s how the collection reveals us the size of what we’re at the moment shedding.
“As a consequence of rising temperatures and a lower in snowfall, the glacier is estimated to be receding at a price of about 1 meter per yr,” Chris confused in his venture assertion.
This collection reveals that Vatnajökull, as with most of Iceland itself, is stuffed with pure wonders that may someday disappear. There’s one thing poetic about documenting magnificence that’s sure to slide from our grasp. However there’s additionally a way of urgency in that, which I discover successfully represented by the thought of glacial ice standing for impermanence.
Don’t overlook to go to Chris Harkin’s web site and Behance portfolio to see extra of his work.
All photographs by Chris Harkin. Used with Artistic Commons permission.
