BerndNicolaisen

The Swiss photographer Bernd Nicolaisen compiled unique images of these features of the landscape in the pictures he took in Iceland between 2004 and 2017. With his photographic work Nicolaisen seeks to detect hidden artifacts and provide them with a platform. His photography, initially in analogue before progressing to digital, requires a lot of time and effort to "transform what is basic into what is unique."

Subjective Photography - Abstraction by Reductions: The pictures depict nature in a seemingly untouched and magical way, and often appear to be images from a remote planet, showing places of solitude, silence, melancholia, and even spirituality. In his conceptual design of natural forms, human intervention rarely, if ever, becomes apparent. No humans, creatures, or signs of civilization are portrayed, so that the sublime, wild, and pristine qualities in the grandiose nature of glaciers, arctic sea, and mountain ranges can be appreciated. Abstract shapes invite the spectator to