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Dalvík (Final Sale)

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by Tom Kondrat

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Artist Statement

Fascinated by its volcanoes and geysers, I've wanted to go to Iceland since I was a child. I was inspired by Simon Roberts' book Motherland and the film Nói albínói, especially by the country's colors and atmosphere during the winter time. The idea was to travel alone around Iceland by car during the coldest, gloomiest time, when the sun is up for less than five and a half hours during the day. I guess I was the only "tourist" in the country at that time. I wanted to document how the people cope with their everyday lives in these conditions. Instead, I was struck by the beautiful, bleak, raw and simple landscapes that perfectly described my feelings.

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+ Limited-edition, exclusive to 20x200
+ Museum quality: archival inks, 100% cotton rag paper unless noted
+ Signed + numbered certificate of authenticity included
+ Directly supports the artist
+ Handcrafted custom-framing is available

Our quoted dimensions are for the size of paper containing the images, not the printed image itself. We do not alter the aspect ratio, nor do we crop or resize the artists’ originals. All of our prints have a minimum border of .5 inches to allow for framing.

Medium:

Innova Fibraprint Warm Cotton Gloss

Edition Structure:
8"x8" | edition of 20
11"x11" | edition of 100
16"x16" | edition of 50
24"x24" | edition of 10
30"x30"| edition of 2

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Tom Kondrat

'I was born in Warsaw, Poland. When I was a child, my parents worked as freelance photographers in their spare time. I traveled with them every weekend, observing how they photograph local tourist attractions for travel and promotional magazines. At that time I found it very boring. Then one day my father gave me one of his cameras - Praktica B200. He quickly showed me how to focus and told me not to go below 1/60s for shutter speed. I remember we were photographing swamps at the national park that day. I took a picture of a birch almost falling... Read More
into the water with a beautifully reflected light from the sun. I got that photograph published in a tourism magazine and even got paid for it. I was 12 at that time. More than 10 years later I picked up photography again, out of boredom. I was studying financial computing in London but instead of attending the lectures and getting ready for the exams, I explored the area on my bicycle with a compact camera in my pocket. I soon developed an unreasonable passion for photography, I spent all my savings for professional equipment, dropped out of uni and started my first photography course.' Tom Kondrat has a rich wide approach to static shots that speaks in volumes. Unlike the photos which play the supporting role to their subjects, Tom’s works reveal a kind of temperature and delicacy which is seen only in classical paintings. Photographing for Tom is a meditation. Traveling around the world to take pictures is a spiritual journey for him - a trip inside to find the borders of his own fears and limits. Tom's work has been published internationally and shown in galleries of London, Beijing and Taipei. He currently lives and works in Taiwan. For his latest body of work, Tom is working with a Swiss woodworking master to build one of the largest camera of its kind. He is using it together with 19th century photography processes to create one of a kind, huge negatives of the Taiwanese landscape to channel the aesthetics of traditional Chinese ink painting. He also works on three other projects about typhoons, death and environmental issues.
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