What is the value of natural beauty in our lives?
The summer of 2006 marked a major turning point in my life when my family moved to Höfn in Hornafjörður, where I have lived ever since. In hindsight, three things happened more or less simultaneously: First, I had just begun my first large-scale, systematic research on the wild, natural landscapes of Iceland, which led to considerable shifts in the focus of my scholarly work; secondly, I acquired my first proper digital camera, along with a decent collection of lenses; and thirdly, I now had very easy access to extremely beautiful and diverse nature, practically in my own backyard.









