ICELAND IS A WORK OF ART / LANDIÐ ER LISTAVERK / Photobook

In this book Jon Gustafsson shows us Icelandic landscape from angles that few have experienced. He finds abstract art in rivers, mountains and glaciers. His work is seductive, playful and intriguing. Iceland is surreal, it is dynamic and ultimately, as Jon shows us: It is a living work of art.

Icelandic filmmaker Jon Gustafsson was thrust into the world of aerial photography by pure chance. He was traveling in a helicopter when the volcano Eyjafjallajökull erupted in 2010. On that flight he captured the first images of the infamous eruption that affected the world. His images were published worldwide and his passion for aerial photography was born.

Icelandic filmmaker and photographer Jon Gustafsson finds abstract art in rivers, mountains and glaciers. His work is seductive, playful and intriguing. Iceland is surreal, it is dynamic and ultimately, as Jon shows us: It is a living work of art.