“Darkland” is a fine art night photography book focused on climate change in Greenland. The goal is to document transformation and loss among the rapidly receding glaciers and sites of cultural shifts in the remote arctic by Steve Giovinco

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Night Landscape Photographs of Greenland
Steve Giovinco

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Photographs of Greenland at Night and Twilight
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67. These photographs trace the night landscapes of Greenland and document irreversible environmental
happening changes there. While they crystallize a feeling of inertia happening among the fjords,
glaciers and communities, they also capture a haunting, primordial feeling.
Beyond documentation, however, these photographs link a feeling of inertia taking place in the
primordial landscape of Greenland. As the raw land is exposed through melting glacial ice, I feel there
is a link between environment and culture. Just as traditional life seems to be quietly abandoned in a
churning retreat, so too is present day ice melting mostly forgotten. In both cases, there is a feeling of
absence, impending human failure, tragedy, and the crushing force of nature being played out in a
desolate place.
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68. 5. Glacial river flooding, night, Narsarsuaq.
7. Green sky over mountains, Igaliku.
9. Night path, Qassiarsuk.
11. Pod-like filled field, Qassiarsuk.
13. End of dead and retreating glacier, twilight, Narsarsuaq.
15. Dirty ice at edge of glacier.
17. Fog at night over fjord, Igaliku.
19. Dark glacial river, Narsarsuaq.
21. Six-foot tall ice block broken from glacier.
23. Abandoned building in fog.
25. Rainy night at farm cross-roads, Igaliku.
27. Ice sheet, illustrating ice movement.
29. Afternoon sun on hills, Qassiarsuk.
31. Glacial pond after descent from the mountain ridge, Narsarsuaq.
33. Lone street lamp in settlement, Igaliku.
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35. Glacial pond near the ice sheet, taken in complete darkness.
37. Icebergs in fjord in fog, near Narsarsuaq.
39. Breaking and moving glacier, Narsarsuaq.
41. Edge of dead glacier.
43. Moon moving through sky, Narsarsuaq.
45 Northern Lights with lone light.
47. Site of melting and glacial retreat, near Narsarsuaq.
49. Glacier river at night in red, Narsarsuaq.
51. Mountain and clouds in the afternoon, Igaliku.
53. Twilight reflected in bay, Igaliku.
55. Moving Northern Lights in sky, Igaliku,
57. Color in sky, Qassiarsuk.
59. Cold night across the fjord, Igaliku.
61. Massive ice movement down mountain.
63. Some of the few buildings in a remote settlement, Qassiarsuk,
65. International airport stairs, afternoon light, Narsarsuaq.
67. Unused heliport, Igaliku.
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69. 69. Tracing light falling on the edge of the fence, Igaliku.
71. Through the fjord with icebergs.
73. Near an abandoned heliport at twilight, Igaliku.
75. Rocks churned up by glacial movement.
77. Across the glacier is wall of rock.
79. Strange green night.
81. Looking through the fjord, with light from settlement.
83. Close up part of the ice block, broken due to rushing glacial river.
85. Airplane window view landing, Narsarsuaq
87. International airport lights, Narsarsuaq.
89. View from above, looking down on airfield and settlement.
91. Light in clouds over dead glacier.
93. Sheep skull, Igaliku.
95. Temporary river overflow from ice melt.
97. Broken section of ice from glacier.
99. Edge of fjord and retreating glacier at night
101. Color/cloud over abandoned building.
103. Night time after sudden river flood.
105. Road from settlement; it’s a mile long and then ends.
107. One hundred feet over ice and rocks.
109. Glacial pond in complete darkness.
111. Arcing Northern Lights over ice sheet.
113. Rain in pond near fjord.
115. Night in mountain overlooking fjord.
117. Location of ice melt, edge of dead glacier.
119. Sheep before coming storm.
121. Section of white ice.
123. Misty night, towards Narsarsuaq.
125. Massive rocks pushed by glacier.
127. Green night sky, Igaliku.
129. Edge of fjord and retreating glacier at night
131. One person walking, Igaliku.
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Steve Giovinco
www.stevegiovinco.com