Photograph On Paper
Icleand | 2023 | #13

"The road to the west" by Demetriusz Wenglarczyk

From the "Frames of Iceland" photography series.

You don't make a photograph just with a camera. You bring to the act of photography all the pictures you have seen, the books you have read, the music you have heard, the people you have loved

Ansel Adams

When I spoke to an Icelandic photographer in Reyjkiavik, he said that it was impossible to take a bad photograph in Iceland. There is some truth in that - no matter where you point your camera you will capture something beautiful. Photography in Iceland is easy, which is what makes it difficult.

What works for me here

This photo is not my typical photo - it is slightly out of focus, taken as if by accident, as if on the run. And that's why it's one of the photos from Iceland that I return to the most. The play of light and shadow and the muted colour palette is what works for me here.

Soundtrack of the moment

Sylvain Chauveau - "Des Plumes Dans La TĂȘte"