Territories of Ice
6 works
Territories of Ice shows ice in its different states, photographed in Spitsbergen, Iceland and Patagonia. Glacier fronts, icebergs and drifting floes bear traces of pressure, movement and time. What appears solid is already part of a process: the ice breaks, drifts and turns to water. Each work captures a state that will never recur in quite the same way.
Spitsbergen, 2023. A glacier front spans the entire horizon, crossed by rust-red sediment lines. A storm front stands above it, yet the water below remains motionless. The photograph was taken shortly before the weather changed.
Spitsbergen, 2023. In the first light, a tall wall of ice rises above dark water. Rust-red veins of sediment cross the deep blue, while a bank of cloud casts hard shadows on the front. Compact and fractured ice alternate in clearly separated zones.
Lago Argentino, Patagonia, 2026. A large iceberg lies in grey lake water beneath a restless sky, with a snowy mountain range behind it. Compressed glacial ice glows deep blue, revealing layers formed over centuries. Clouds move above it in the same direction as the drifting ice.
Spitsbergen, 2023. What was below is now above. The brown bands are sediments picked up by the glacier along its journey. They reveal an iceberg made of many layers and periods of time.
Spitsbergen, 2023. A broken block of ice drifts in calm water. Pressure has compressed the ice over a long period until it became transparent. Trapped air bubbles and cracks trace its formation.
Arctic Ocean, 2023. Seen from above, a ship lies amid broken ice fields. It is the only work in the series with a human trace. The narrow hull between the floes makes the scale of the ice measurable.