Iceland

Krug’s photographs from Iceland evoke a violent juxtaposition of industrial waste and striking natural habitat; the leftovers from a once prosperous fishing industry abandoned by fleeing workers and depleted capital. The Icelandic landscape hosts a legion of ghostly mementos captured by Krug without sentimentality.
The images are haunting reportage that link civilization with progress and migration, nature with human recklessness. They shed new light on the hidden process of environmental neglect and show a severe disconnect between habitat conservation and conventional industrial growth. While at first glance the surface character of the landscape blends with the metallic shapes of industrial waste, a closer look will expose the latter’s alien presence. The viewer is drawn-in to identify what is nature and what is man-made.
With deep concentration on textural quality and colour, each image bears delicate balance and symmetry. He employs a panoramic lens to better capture large, uninterrupted landscape and add a cinematic feel.
These shots are the newest additions to Krug’s portfolio of arresting images with acute social consciousness.