Hverarond, Iceland (Italian Nuns) (from the series Fire and Ice)
Artist
Joan Myers
(American, born 1944)
Date2007
Mediumpigment print
DimensionsImage: 20 × 30 in. (50.8 × 76.2 cm)
Support: 24 × 32 3/4 in. (61 × 83.2 cm)
Mat: 30 × 40 in. (76.2 × 101.6 cm)
Support: 24 × 32 3/4 in. (61 × 83.2 cm)
Mat: 30 × 40 in. (76.2 × 101.6 cm)
ClassificationsPhotograph
Credit LineGift of Joan Myers, 2017
Object number2017.5.8
DescriptionRocky, ocher-colored landscape with rock mound at center in middleground takes up about half the composition. Sky above is shrouded in steam. Three figures in blue cloaks inhabit the space, one at left of mound and two at right, faces turned away from the camera.eMuseum Notes
Throughout her series Fire and Ice, Myers explores two poles of physical extremes across
a variety of landscapes, often extremely remote, around the globe. Interested
in the ever changing surface of the earth, Myers’ photographs often explore the
theme of fire in volcanic, sulfuric activity and ice in Arctic formations. The
images are a testament to Myers dedication and long term work with various
organizations, namely the National Science Foundation and the Smithsonian
Institution, in order to capture the evolving life of our planet and the human
relationship to it. The resulting images, although documentary in nature,
convey a deep sensorial sense of place that, through poetic composition and
framing, are also, at once, compelling contemporary works of photographic art.
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