A visual essay by Chris Burkard
Water is a Demiurge
A vision by Chris Burkard
The plane veered and I peered out of the frosted airplane window on a commercial flight from Ireland to Iceland. I had traveled to Iceland many times before, but this route was new for me. As I looked below, I could see all the familiar sights –glaciers, canyons with volcanic black sand, and beaches, surging with white surf. As the plane descended, I started to notice something else that I had never seen before. There were patters of colour in the sand –blue, green, and black veins, which were pulsing through the landscape. The earth seemed to come alive right before my eyes. My face pressed hard against the glass as I tried to take them all in.⠀⠀⠀ ⠀
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Even the smaller pieces of ice are larger then a car. It's hard to find scale when you're viewing them from above.
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When the river flow is strong enough, all these smaller rivers will flow and feed into one larger stream. However at the same time, this single stream will break off and form smaller rivers that will eventually feed back into the main bend. It's a mind boggling exchange. Stunning and also hard to fully comprehend.
Words and photography: Chris Burkard
Thanks to Massif Management, Los Angeles
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Chris Burkard
Photographer, Surfer and Motivational Speaker
Chris is an American self-taught photographer and artist, based in California Central Coast region. Burkard’s work is layered by landscape, lifestyle, surf, outdoor and travel subjects. Burkard has led trips to some of the coldest regions of the globe: his travels seek out adventure and perfect waves in some of the coldest harshest conditions known to man, including over seven trips in Iceland, Norway and other parts of Europe.
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