Iceland: When it's nice, it's beautiful

When it's not nice, it's cold and windy, like today.

Iceland

I’ve been in Iceland for three weeks now, and the time is going by so quickly. I’m here as a field assistant with Dr. Jeff Karson, the head of the Earth Sciences department at Syracuse University. For the past week or so, I’ve been with one of the grad students, Aleece, near Borgarnes, doing some field work on part of her Phd project. I’m working on a project mapping dikes for the next few weeks, but I’ve managed to find some time to shoot along the way.

We’re currently camping in a tent, sometimes at a campground, sometimes near a stream off the main road. It’s kind of like I’m getting paid to be a homeless vagabond. We spend from 8 to 10 hours a day at the field site, a stream cut outside of town. Currently we’re at Bifrost, a nearby university using their internet.

Iceland is really, really gorgeous. There is everything from glaciers to volcanoes to huge waterfalls, all on an island the size of Ohio. I’m posting a few photos from the trip so far, access to the internet and those crazy luxuries like electricity isn’t always easy to come by, so a lot of my photos aren’t edited yet.

a roadside stop where we got out to look at the rocks

guest houses in Vik, sometimes the clouds are ground level, it's this really strange misty rain

basaltic black sand beaches

Wilson Hill

I spent the past few days visiting my grandparents at their home on the St. Lawrence River by Massena, NY. It's probably one of my favorite places in the world, one that I've been going to all my life.

The river there has always simultaneously fascinated me and terrified me. I love all of the activities that take place on the surface and by the shore, but the deeper parts, particularly the shipping channel scare the crap out of me because I have no idea what's down there.

Middle Saranac Lake, ADKs

Nails

Quite possibly the best drinking game ever.

all you need is

Lakeland Park, NY

Ad campaign extension

Extension of a Calvin Klein ad campaign originally shot by Steven Meisel.
Our class collaborated with brand managers from another class and my partner, Dani Shafer, found the models, a real-life couple, who were fantastic.