Ásmundarsafn and Yearning for Space
Visiting Iceland earlier in the year, I caught Yearning for Space at Ásmundarsafn in the few days before the exhibition closed. Yearning for Space is the name of an Ásmundur Sveinsson sculpture from 1967, and...
The Einar Jónsson Sculpture Garden
Born at Galtafell farm in southern Iceland, Einar Jónsson studied at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts in Copenhagen, settling in the Danish capital from 1904 following a couple of years...
Iceland: Grótta and the Lighthouse
In the township of Seltjarnarnes at the north-westernmost tip of Greater Reykjavik, looking out over the Faxaflói bay, lies Grótta with its rugged beach and lighthouse. The small spit becomes an island at...
Iceland: Golden Circle
The Golden Circle is the most popular tourist route in Iceland. Looping approximately 300 kilometres from Reykjavik into the Icelandic interior and back, its main sites are always the same: overlooking Þingvellir...
York Inundated: The December 2015 Floods
With water levels already high across the north of England, and in parts of Ireland, Scotland, and Wales – after Storm Desmond in the first week of December brought record rainfalls and...
Last Year in Jokkmokk: Winter Market
The name of Jokkmokk, a small town of under 3,000, in the Lappland province in the very north of Sweden, would be Sami for ‘River’s Curve’, only there is no bend or curve...
Last Year in Umeå: Wandering in White
The third and final part of this short series showing something of Umeå in the long winter months, and while installments one and two were set in the heart of the Västerbotten metropolis, featuring ice sculptures, slides,...
Last Year in Umeå: Neon Lights, Fireworks, and Snowflakes
Twenty more retrospective photographs showcasing Umeå in wintertime. Gazing after neon lights, bonfires, and fireworks out on the Ume river on the opening night of Umeå 2014; peering through the glass and towards the façade of Bildmuseet;...
Last Year In Umeå: Winter Daylight Fun
Soon Umeå will be covered in a snow that can lie contentedly until March or April. These twenty-three images give something of the idea, taken last year around the opening of Umeå 2014, as the...