Series of night landscape photographs taken in Greenland during a month-long grant, by Steve Giovinco

1. Darkland
Night Landscape Photographs of Greenland
Steve Giovinco

78. Darkland
Night Landscape Photographs of Greenland
By Steve Giovinco
Spanning history, environmentalism and primordial beauty, I trace the lyrical night landscapes of Greenland
and document irreversible environmental happening changes there. While these photographs crystallize a
feeling of inertia happening among the fjords, glaciers and communities, they also capture a haunting,
primordial feeling.
Beyond documentation, however, these photographs crystallize a feeling of inertia taking place in the
primordial landscape of Greenland.
As the raw land is exposed through melting glacial ice–as if a cultural truth is being unearthed–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.
I want to capture the immensity of the space in ethereal light, revealing both a lyrical beauty and inexorable
horror in it’s destruction. I wanted to photograph this feeling of loss, discovery and change.