Iceland

In the Summer of 2016, I traveled to Iceland to study photography abroad. I placed many props of personal significance or symbolism in the ancient Icelandic landscapes to visually communicate themes of self reflection/discovery, coping with anxiety, and the importance of history (personal and cultural). While doing research, I was inspired by the geometric nature of Viking runes and modern Icelandic poetry. Lines which served as particular inspiration are provided as captions.

Winner 2017 Silver Addy Award
"You roam through dark, enchanted forest trees of fantasies." // Steinn Steinarr

Winner 2017 Silver Addy Award
"Nothing but I in a stone-grey void. And nothing exists but I." // Steinn Steinarr

"My soul alone still seeks the land of shadows." // Steinn Steinarr

"Waiting for stillness in hour of speed, waiting for quietude in age of the machine." // Ólafur Jóhann Sigurðsson

"A question showing in the blue eyes gaze at me wondering..." // Steinn Steinarr
(companion below)

"...where are you going?" // Steinn Steinarr
(companion above)

"And ever since, my soul by anguish smitten silently wanders, looking as it goes." // Steinn Steinarr

"My bones were rotting and I was ceased by fear." // Stefán Hörður Grímsson

"Oh, there I wished to go from the prison of time." // Hannes Sigfússon

"We patiently look for a clear hole in the clouds." // Ólafur Jóhann Sigurðsson

"Hour by hour, your dream expands, and as it does, you shrink." // Steinn Steinarr

"Did you reach too far, for the near?" // Ólafur Jóhann Sigurðsson

"Our history's written with lava cinders." // Hannes Sigfússon

"But you alone must choose your direction, alone you must put to the test your flickering life." // Ólafur Jóhann Sigurðsson

"Run, be lost. Run off a cliff and be lost." // Stefán Hörður Grímsson

"That time is gone, and colors faded." // Ólafur Jóhann Sigurðsson

"My heart is like a wall behind the fence of an unknown house sheltered by high trees." // Steinn Steinarr

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