Blue Wall, Vatnajökull

• Prize
  Bronze in Nature/Panoramic
• Photographer
  Nicholas Dunn

Low cloud sits on an outlet of Vatnajökull. The ice face is rough and broken, with a deep cut through the middle and fresh blocks scattered below. Ash from old eruptions darkens the blue. A cold wind slides down the slope and you hear pops, drips, and small slides. This wide view looks across the edge of the glacier, where the ice thins and meltwater starts its run.

Nicholas Dunn began photographing at age ten, inspired by his father and grandmother. From the Kansas plains to landscapes abroad, he developed a style rooted in abstraction, where nature reads like drawing or design. By eighteen, his work earned international recognition, including multiple honors at the International Photography Awards with a second place in Architecture/Historic. Through fire, water, ice, and land, Nicholas seeks to reveal the patterns and fleeting visions etched by the earth itself.