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y o u n g l a n d
Mamiya 7, 80mm, Portra 400
All land is mid-formation — but sometimes it rises above the sea level faster than the erosion smoothens it out, resulting in a jagged, uneven landscape, still in a perpetual flux. Settling such a land is similarly a process of constant change, a history of overlaying ecological takeover by introduced and invasive species, new balances and shifting technological intrusion. It creates a landscape that shows both its natural and artificial undecidedness stronger than do other parts of the world: in its rocks, waterways, maintained and abandoned structures.
"Young Land" (2015, 2022) is a series on the natural and social landscape of Iceland, accompanies by several poems based on the same sites.
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