Iceland: Wintertide

During winter, when Iceland is covered in snow, it becomes a breathtaking visual masterpiece. Photographer David Freese captures the island's unique geological formations and remote human settlements, eliciting a sense of wonder. Icelandic novelist, poet, and playwright Auður Ava Ólafsdóttir contributes a heartfelt afterword, warning of the threats and ramifications of a warming climate. This book serves as a powerful reminder of the need to act, even in the face of those who deny the issue.

Format: Hardback
Length: 88 pages
Publication date: 05 April 2022
Publisher: George F. Thompson

When winter snows cover Iceland in a sea of white, this volcanic island is transformed into an enchanting visual masterpiece that precariously rests on two tectonic plates in the North Atlantic just below the Arctic Circle. Ironically, the white blanket reveals more clearly the landscape's incredible geological formations and remote human settlements, eliciting a natural human response of wonderment. David Freese's profound, ongoing concern for our environmental predicament is once again manifested in his photographs of Iceland. By showing us what humankind is on the brink of losing, his images share and preserve his vision of this unique and special place. The award-winning Icelandic novelist, poet, and playwright Auður Ava Ólafsdóttir contributes a heartfelt afterword that adds her voice to the persistent warnings and alarms that have gone unheeded by too many for too long. As a citizen of Iceland, her testimony is that of a compelling witness. A small jewel of a book, Iceland Wintertide becomes a powerful coda to David Freese's Trilogy of North American Waters as the threats and ramifications of a warming climate steadily increase before our eyes. His photographs provide an added inspiration to act even in the face of those who purposefully deny only to protect their special interests.

Dimension: 229 x 203 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781938086830