From the air, Iceland’s mountains, lava fields, glacial streams, and arctic vegetation comprise a world of contrasts. For Dani Guindo, the nation’s distinctive landscapes encourage an ongoing images apply, and his current sequence Orbital units the distinctive surroundings towards a recognizable object: a small aircraft. “I want viewers to feel both a sense of scale and disorientation, inviting them to look twice before recognizing what they see,” he tells Colossal.
Guindo initially hails from southern Spain and has been based mostly in Reykjavík since 2016, lured by the island nation’s uncooked magnificence, dramatic geology, and northern mild. “What excites me most about photographing here is how the constant change, light, weather, and seasons transform the same location into entirely new scenes,” he says.
From above, Iceland’s tidal inlets and streams glow turquoise from glacial flour—a advantageous silt created when glaciers grind towards rock—or create oxbows and pure rivulets that seem virtually completely summary when seen vertically. “My aerial work is mostly captured using drones, which allow me to explore abstract perspectives and patterns invisible from the ground,” Guindo says.
Prints can be found for buy on his web site, the place you may as well ebook images excursions along with his firm Arctic Journeys. Discover extra on Behance and Instagram.
