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I’m Leaving Artwork In Random Places In Iceland (19 Pics)
I’m Leaving Artwork In Random Places In Iceland (19 Pics)
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I’m Leaving Artwork In Random Places In Iceland (19 Pics)

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I am literally giving away my art prints. Not all of them of course. I am leaving a few prints all over Iceland for anyone to find. If you find one of my prints it’s yours to keep.

I’ve already left three in three different parts of Iceland and I will be leaving more in the next few weeks and months, maybe even years.

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    Since 2014 I have worked exclusively with a rare type of Polaroid film (Polaroid 100 – often referred to as Peel-apart films). My process is both analog and digital, with the Polaroid picture itself, along with tit’s counterpart film being analog. I need to process the film partly in a chemical bath, and I also add some secret chemical ingredients afterward for extra colors and textures.

    Finders keepers

    After that, the digital process is fairly simple where I simply scan the negatives and have them digitally printed onto aluminum plates. There is no photoshopping or digital processing involved other than a quick fix of levels and curves.

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    The northern light shot on a Polaroid film

    Art doesn’t always have to cost an arm, a leg, and a kidney with the sole purpose of illuminating the everyday grayness of the living room. With this project, I want to deepen the picture’s purpose with the fact that whoever comes to own it already has some connection to the place.

    I absolutely love abandoned farms and old boats. I rarely catch both in one photo

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    I want to bring my art full circle. I leave the prints in or close to the places they were originally taken at, or in places that have at least some connection to the original spot. Like you can see in the above videos for example. Both those photos were taken at the same abandoned farm, but only one of them was left there while the other one was left in another abandoned farm.

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    I like to include people in my photos from time to time

    I like the idea of art returning home. Especially because much of it is of abandoned farms, and I feel I am giving them some kind of life again, giving them a new purpose.

    This one will sail no more

    My dream is to continue the project in Lebanon. I have only been there once but after Iceland, it is the most beautiful country I have seen, and the only other country where I have felt inspired to shoot my Polaroid films.

    There are literally hundreds of abandoned farm houses in Iceland, some are traditional turf houses

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    The only residence here now are the Icelandic horses

    This is one of the prints I’ve already left

    Iceland’s nature can be majestic but bleak

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    A calm summer night, it doesn’t get dark

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    Iceland is famous for it’s black sand beaches and basalt coloumns

    An old rowboat

    It’s my dream to continue the project in Lebanon

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    Baalbek Lebanon is an amazing place!

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    Find it and it’s yours

    A message to whoever finds my artwork

    Leaving art

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    Guðmundur Pálmason

    Guðmundur Pálmason

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    Polaroid photographer

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    Guðmundur Pálmason

    Guðmundur Pálmason

    Author, Community member

    Polaroid photographer

    Aelita Senvaitytė

    Aelita Senvaitytė

    Moderator, BoredPanda staff

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    My name is Aelita and I have been an Editor for Bored Panda since 2019. I spend my days working with my amazing team and making articles the best they can be. Fantasy and magic have always ruled over my world, from movies to TV shows, to Video Games to tabletop games like Dungeos and Dragons, I try to find magic in every part of my life. Writing is a big part of me too, I hope to publish a fantasy novel one day. I also enjoy playing guitar and singing, as music always help me to get in a great mood. I have an adorable German Shepherd named Hela and we get into all kinds of adventures together.

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    Aelita Senvaitytė

    Aelita Senvaitytė

    Moderator, BoredPanda staff

    My name is Aelita and I have been an Editor for Bored Panda since 2019. I spend my days working with my amazing team and making articles the best they can be. Fantasy and magic have always ruled over my world, from movies to TV shows, to Video Games to tabletop games like Dungeos and Dragons, I try to find magic in every part of my life. Writing is a big part of me too, I hope to publish a fantasy novel one day. I also enjoy playing guitar and singing, as music always help me to get in a great mood. I have an adorable German Shepherd named Hela and we get into all kinds of adventures together.

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