Iceland from Above

• Prize
  Gold in Nature/Aerial
• Photographer
  Dede Pickering, United States
• Date of Photograph
  2022
• Website
  https://www.dedepickering.com/
• Instagram
  dedepickering

Flying over Iceland is an exercise in instinct. The landscape changes in seconds, and from the air, glacial rivers, volcanic plains, mineral deposits, and meltwater become an ever-changing network of abstract forms that exist only for a moment before shifting again.

This series explores the remarkable patterns created where ice, water, and volcanic terrain intersect. Photographed from above, these landscapes reveal a perspective that is rarely seen from the ground, transforming natural processes into compositions that blur the line between photography and abstraction.

Dede Pickering is an American photographer whose work explores the relationship between place, culture, and the natural world. A lifelong traveler, she has photographed across more than 100 countries and seven continents. Her work ranges from intimate portraits and cultural photography to abstract aerial landscapes, reflecting a continued curiosity about how place can be experienced from both the ground and the air.