Iceland in Black

The Resonance
Sometimes photographs taken months, even years apart, resonate with each other. It can be the subject matter, the style or some more subtile aspect that ties them together. Almost invariably it's just coincidence that we discover a visual link between them. But, on my July, 2003 trip to Iceland I took two photographs that resonate with each other in an uncanny way. Each has its own story, quite unrelated to the other, just as their subject matter is quite different. Yet, when they are seen together their linkage is unmistakable. I was not aware of their similarities until after I had returned home and printed each of them.
What does it mean and what does it have to teach us? I honestly don't know. But there must be something more than coincidence going on here.

The Sunrise
Arctic Glow, Iceland — July, 2003
Canon 1Ds with 400mm f/5.6L lens & 1.4X @ ISO 100
Iceland's weather is dominated by being on the Arctic Ocean yet also in the Gulf Stream. This makes for mi...