Significance:
1) In the year 2003 The National Power Company of Iceland started the building of the 700 MW Kárahnjúkar Hydroelectric Project in eastern Iceland. The project consists of three dams, one of them being the highest in Europe, and a hydroelectric power plant. The dams block among others the big glacial river Jökulá á Dal, creating the 57km2 artificial lake Hálslón. The power plant is primarily being constructed to supply electricity to a new Aluminum smelter built by Alcoa of USA in the fjord of Reyðarfjörður on the east coast of Iceland.
Work:
Back to environmental photography. This is what I want to do sometime in the future when I have the means to. I discovered Thompsen's photographs in the context of fine art. His images are very abstract and aesthetic although, based on his statement, are about a specific environmental issue. As their narrative is pushed to the background, do they work as documentary or fine art? Much more in the real of fine art although they retain their specific agenda. This is my problem - how much of narrative I want in my field work. And maybe "documentary" is a no-no term to use even if the work is.
Bio: Lives and works in Sólheimar Iceland
Bio: Lives and works in Sólheimar Iceland
1) In the year 2003 The National Power Company of Iceland started the building of the 700 MW Kárahnjúkar Hydroelectric Project in eastern Iceland. The project consists of three dams, one of them being the highest in Europe, and a hydroelectric power plant. The dams block among others the big glacial river Jökulá á Dal, creating the 57km2 artificial lake Hálslón. The power plant is primarily being constructed to supply electricity to a new Aluminum smelter built by Alcoa of USA in the fjord of Reyðarfjörður on the east coast of Iceland.
2) Umhverfing is an Icelandic word for the state between nature and environment. When nature is being transformed in to environment.
Work:
Press release for "Imported Landscapes":
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