Pétur Thomsen
Thursday, 4 March 2010
I have never been to Iceland, but I always imagined that it laid untainted by the hand of man. I know it is wishful thinking. Gentrification comes with at the expense of nature. We set up camp and greedily lay claim to more land with every passing day. Thomsen’s photographs of the Kárahnjúkar Hydropower Project in the Icelandic highlands exposes the effects of our unending quest for development - the scars left by our various machinery. Depicted in a rather documentary manner, albeit infinitely majestic, Thomsen leaves you to come to your own conclusion. But just how barbaric are we to subdue wilderness to the extent that we have? When will it stop? Will it ever?
Please visit Pétur Thomsen’s website to view more of his work.