Through the observation of geologically active landscapes, this series investigates whether photography can act as an archive of transformation. Created in Iceland, just before a new volcanic eruption, the work explores the tension between photography’s fixing impulse and the ceaseless flux of the natural world. How can an image hold still what is defined by instability and change?

The decision to work with analog photography in this context is deliberate. The materiality of film, with its chemical process and tactile surface, offers a temporality distinct from the seamless flow of digital capture. The act of photographing with film introduces pauses. Each frame is a considered gesture, an embodied response to a place in motion. This slowness invites a more intimate relation to both time and material decay.

As the images move from analog negative to digital print, new questions arise. What persists through this translation, and what is altered? The photographic object, already a trace of the past, accrues further layers of distance and interpretation. This process mirrors the shifting landscape itself. Just as the terrain is reshaped by unseen forces, the image too undergoes subtle transformations.

Ultimately, this series contributes to a visual archive of landscapes that defy permanence. The photographs mark not only what was, but also what has since changed. They serve as documents of both geological process and photographic temporality, spaces where memory, material presence and the passage of time intersect.