A glacial lagoon in Iceland might not be everyone’s holiday destination, but its ever-changing landscape has drawn photographer Robert Young to return repeatedly.
Jokulsarlon, on the south coast of Iceland, is the inspiration behind the Sanctuary Lakes resident’s most recent exhibition, Ice Lagoon, which opened this month at the Point Cook Community Learning Centre.
“It’s a totally surreal place,” Mr Young said. “I don’t think anybody here has seen examples of what it’s like. It’s one of my favourite places and I use any excuse to go back.
“The images in this exhibition were taken over several visits, never in good weather. They are my interpretation of the wild beauty in this ever-changing landscape of rock and ice.”
The 65-year-old retiree, a self-taught photographer, grew up in Geelong and was a long-time member of the city’s camera club.
He has exhibited in many club and national exhibitions and won ‘best contemporary print’ at the first Geelong National Exhibition in 1972, and ‘best print exhibition’ at the Royal Adelaide Show in 1974.
Since moving to Sanctuary Lakes in 2006, Young has been a regular exhibitor at the Seddon Deadly Sins cafe-gallery.
He spends up to three hours a day taking photos, and is inspired by landscapes altered by urban change, industrialisation and decay.
Ice Lagoon will be on display at the Point Cook Community Learning Centre. until April 6.
