CHADCOPELAND
The 2021 eruption on Iceland’s Reykjanes Peninsula.

Expeditions / iceland

At the edge of a new landscape.

From ice caves to the 2021 Fagradalsfjall eruption: a study in scale, change and working close to the elements.

The 2021 eruption on Iceland’s Reykjanes Peninsula.
My role
Photographer · Director of Photography · UAS pilot
Time & place
Iceland · 2015 & 2021
Project
Selected portfolio work

Chapter 01

A landscape being made.

In May 2021, I worked around the Fagradalsfjall eruption on Iceland’s Reykjanes Peninsula. Ground cameras, aerial work and time in the field offered different ways to tell the story of the same changing landscape.

Working with cameras near the eruption.
Working with cameras near the eruption.

Chapter 02

The work around the frame.

Transport, equipment setup, weather and flight decisions shape what is possible. The photographs of helicopters, camera positions and fieldwork belong beside the final images because they explain how the story was made.

Helicopter fieldwork in Iceland.
Helicopter fieldwork in Iceland.

Chapter 03

Fire is one chapter.

Earlier work in Iceland explored ice caves, glacial water, winter light and the road between locations. Seen together, the photographs describe a country in motion rather than a single spectacle.

Inside the ice.
Inside the ice.

In motion

Watch the work.

Original film from the portfolio archive.

The visual record

A closer look

Select a photograph to look closer.
Helicopter above the volcanic landscape.
Working beside the eruption after dark.
Northern light.
Ice on the coast.
The road through Iceland.
Glacial blue.

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