Pejzaże nadmiaru
The Landcapes of Excess

Author(s): Agnieszka Jaworska
Subject(s): Visual Arts
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Śląskiego
Keywords: landscape; black and white photography; Iceland; landscape photography; space; light; elements; geological phenomena
Summary/Abstract: The cycle of photographs emerged from the author’s fascination with the Icelandic landscapes, which reflect the personal longing for the beauty of uninhabited, non-urbanized nature, vast open spaces, far horizon and silence. The author attempts to convey the atmosphere of the island while avoiding excessive yet inevitable aesthetic. The photos are devoid of the characteristic color scheme, which allows to focus on the play of light across spaces and textures. All photographs are additionally devoid of human figures, so crucial in travel photography for the purposes of establishing scale. For that reason, the photographs seem more primal and difficult to place in time. The ultimate shape of the photographs is the result of a struggle with an excess of forms, colors and sensations; it is a creation which centers the feel of that incredible place and not only its visual reception.

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