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English:
The Essence of Iceland is a magnificent and exclusive book with extraordinary photographs of Icelandic nature. It has been much praised and welcomed by readers and critics. The well-known and experienced photographer, Kristján Ingi Einarsson, journeys through the country´s wildest and most secluded reaches to capture its mood qand identity and shares with us his vision of Iceland´s true essence. Ari Trausti Guðmundsson, author and geoscientist, writes the effect of the photographs in his own words, both in poems and prose, along with informative and interesting details about each location.
The Essence of Iceland is available in English, German and French and always with Icelandic text aside. It´s the first book about Iceland that includes both poetry and photographs.
Forewords are by the president of Iceland, Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson. Exhibitions of the photographs have been displayed on several places in Iceland since the book was published.
Gyrðir Elíasson, writer and poet:
“Very successfully carried out book, where the conjunction between pictures and text award it with total uniqueness.”
Páll Stefánsson, photographer:
“Kristján Ingi´s book is very elaborate and he has an exquisite view of form and colors. The book is very “Icelandic” in every way, and some of the pictures are singularly impressive.”
French:
Qu´est-elle en son essence, cette terre d´Islande? Quelle est la quintessence de sa nature, et son impact sur l´homme qui laissé la ville loin derriére lui? Le silence et la solitude, disent le uns. Pour d´autres, ce sont les couleurs et les grands espaces. D´autres encore écoquent les déserts et les grands herbages, la mer toujours changeante et les petites villages.
Grâce á ses photographies, Kristján Ingi Einarsson nous ouvre sa vision de la terre d´islande. Écrivain et géologue, Ari Trausti Guðmundsson, traduit en poémes et proses bréves l´écho que suscitent et lui images.
German:
Worin besteht das Wesen Islands als Insel des Nordens; worin das Wesen seiner Naturräume, und was ist wesentlich am Naturerleben des Betrachters, der sich fern von größeren Ansiedlungen einlässt auf sie? Einige sagen, es sei die Stille und die Einsamkeit. Andere wiederum meinen die Farben und die Weiten. Siedlungsfreie Räume neben landwirtschaftlich genutzen, das stets bewegte Meer und die Dörfer, sagen dritte.
Das Buch vermittelt einen Einblick, wie der Photograph Kristjan Ingi Einarsson das Wesen Islands in seinen Landschaften wahrnimmt.
Der schiftsteller und Geowissenschaftler Ari Trausti Guðmundsson spürt mit Wortem dem Zauber seiner Landschaftsporträts nach, in Gedichten und kurtzen Prosatexten.
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