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"Keep Greenland a secret"
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Kessler, Dolph
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Kessler, Dolph
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Kessler, Dolph
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documentaire fotografie
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fotoboeken (vorm)
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foto's
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landschapsfotografie
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Groenland
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""I made my first trip to Greenland to do a photo project on mail boats. It was in the early spring of 2015. There was still plenty of snow and by the end of the trip the sun had stopped setting. The Greenland mail boat Sarfaq Ittuk sailed from the southern tip of Greenland to Ilulissat on Disko Bay. There we sailed amidst towering icebergs. I thought it was beautiful and exhilarating. I soon decided to go back and did so in 2018 and 2019. However, it was not only the scenery that captivated me, it was also the people who lived there. For both, landscape and inhabitants, the major changes that are (going to be) taking place as a result of the melting of the Greenland ice sheet will have enormous consequences. This photo book is the second part of my Greenlandic experiences. In the first volume, I took a geographical perspective, painting a picture of western and eastern Greenland. That book was published in July 2020 in an edition of 110 copies and is now also available in Greenland. In this second volume, a certain deepening takes place and I zoom in on three settlements: the centrally located village of Kangerlussuaq, the small village of Oqaatsut and the town of Uummannaq."-- Foreword (page 7)."@en
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""This is part 2 of the photobook Keep Greenland a Secret. This section zooms in on three settlements: Kangerlussuaq, Oqaatsut and Uummannag. I came across the title of the book in an Air Greenland survey in which passengers were asked what they thought of Greenland. Someone had written down the phrase 'Keep Greenland a secret' and that, in my opinion, hit the paradoxical nail on the head. You would wish that this beautiful island, which has been tranquil and cold for centuries and has only a handful of inhabitants--who have become blended in with their land--could remain as it is. But that is not the way the world works. Modern times are rapidly making their appearance through the climate crisis, Facebook, global economy and tourism, among other things. The title of the book should therefore also be interpreted as an appeal to treat this country and its inhabitants with care. My photography is documentary and focuses on contemporary Greenland. I do not focus specifically on the climate issue and the melting of the icecap, although those subjects are covered as well. I mainly try to sketch an image of the island, the landscape and its inhabitants. In this second part 130 photographs depict three settlements of different sizes in western Greenland."-- On back of cover."@en
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"dut"
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