ProjectBook #1

Dulinhimintungl álfanna

I wonder howmany picturesexists of Geyser?And Gullfoss?Thousands. Maybemillions. And overtime, we tend toforget the sheerbeauty of theGeyser. The imageevolves into asymbol. A symbolthat we decode inless than a second.If I show you apicture of Geyserforonly 0.2 secondsI’m sure you wouldrecognise it. Butcould also tell mewhether it wastaken on a sunnyday? Could you tellme if the springhad one, two orthree tops? Whatabout the bluelagoon? Would youask me if you couldsee the pictureagain? Or wouldyou just say, “Yeah,that’s a nice place.”It seems as if weare no longer ableto see the actualdetails within theimages of

icelandiclandmarks. And Iwant to changethat. Buthow?How can I create an im-age that once again willmake people stop. Animage that makes peoplego closer. Create a scenethat makes them wonder“Does my world reallylook like that?” Theeasy choice would beto fuck up the col-ors. To give themall that unnatural“Wow!” from thecommercials. Orto take picturesof road acci-dents, heavyindustryor abandoned farms.But that would just be

Freeying Photoshop

and provocation in thename of the Holy Art-ist. Not my mission.I want to extend thephotograph beyondwhat we are used toand at the same timekeep its photographicneutrality. A methodto record every, singleminute detail in my sur-roundings and then beable to visually displaythese results in a simpleand clear manner. To beable to take it all in, likea breath of fresh air, andthen proudlyexhale, say-ing: “This is ourworld - ain’tit grand?”. Andwhat I foundeven extends the usualwidesreen panoramas.

10mm sh eye lens? 180degree eld-of-view?

Nope. Much more thanthat. How about 360

x 180? A snapshot of

every single ray of lightmeeting your eyes...it’spossible.

The Idea

The Process

Take youur camera out

nd a nice place

be a good little scout.Then imagine yourself inside a balltwist and turntake a picture of it all

dont forget the sky and the oor

remeber to move your feetwhen you photograph where you stood beforeFifty pictures is what you’ll getthat is, if you did it correctthen like cream, you whip them togetherthe computer can do itbut you can do it betterAn equretangular panoramawill unfold just like world mapsof times so oldAnd here it comesthe mathic tricka map becomes a ballwith the algebra stickAnd in the very end

you’ll may nally see

a wellknown new worldto wander for you and me.