Ferðamen (Tourists)

The strange situations that occur when tourists descend on Iceland.

Famous for volcanos and glaciers, daunting waterfalls, and vast and varied landscapes, Iceland has become the newest hot tourist destination. While many Icelanders have welcomed the economic prosperity that has come with the increased tourism, there are significant issues that accompany the influx of visitors. Tourists often out number Icelanders, straining the vary fragile land that travelers come to see. Iceland is wild and raw resulting in injuries and even deaths to tourists taking in the sites. Icelanders are caught in limbo, trying to balance the economic gain against the destructive and sometimes dangerous increase in visitors. 

Rather then lament the droves of bodies at my favorite places, I decided to turn my camera on the tourists, and observing them interacting with this strange land - revealing insights into human nature.