Dani Guindo Captures Otherworldly Aerial Photographs of Iceland in ‘Orbital’ — Colossal

From the air, Iceland’s mountains, lava fields, glacial streams, and arctic vegetation comprise a world of contrasts. For Dani Guindo, the nation’s distinctive landscapes encourage an ongoing pictures apply, and his latest sequence Orbital units the distinctive surroundings in opposition to a recognizable object: a small aircraft. “I want viewers to feel both a sense of scale and disorientation, inviting them to look twice before recognizing what they see,” he tells Colossal.

Guindo initially hails from southern Spain and has been primarily based in Reykjavík since 2016, lured by the island nation’s uncooked magnificence, dramatic geology, and northern gentle. “What excites me most about photographing here is how the constant change, light, weather, and seasons transform the same location into entirely new scenes,” he says.

From above, Iceland’s tidal inlets and streams glow turquoise from glacial flour—a high quality silt created when glaciers grind in opposition to rock—or create oxbows and pure rivulets that seem virtually completely summary when considered vertically. “My aerial work is mostly captured using drones, which allow me to explore abstract perspectives and patterns invisible from the ground,” Guindo says.

Prints can be found for buy on his website, the place you may also ebook pictures excursions along with his firm Arctic Journeys. Explore extra on Behance and Instagram.