No Man’s Land Svalbard, the fourth volume of Arctic Visions tells the human dimension of the Svalbard islands.
An expedition from February 2020, in the last days of darkness tells about this project, discover No Mans Land Svalbard.
No Man’s Land Svalbard, the fourth volume of Arctic Visions tells the human dimension of the Svalbard islands.
Nowadays speaking of “no man’s land” refers to poised borders, to dangerous, uncertain and bare land. If we fly over this wonderful Land that welcomes us, it is easy to be surprised by the incredible continuity of the landscapes, plains and mountains, cities and countryside. From the deep south to the far north.
One Earth. Of all.
Here, in the Svalbard Islands, at minus 40 degrees during the day and in a 24-hour-long night, in the most inhospitable place of the planet, without history and without native peoples, man lives in full respect of the rhythms of Nature. Here, the ice becomes tears on the scarred faces of new modern explorers on Svalbard: seeking refuge, seeking home. Own home. Today hundreds of different peoples live here, united by the dream and the fatigue of living among the ice. Everyone here for a reason. Because you are not born in Svalbard, you land there. And then, you born again. Here, the contrasts explode. A single town with colorful houses built on permafrost that plunge into the blue hour like an rediscovered Atlantis at the bottom of the sea. Lights in the houses tremble and pulsate like fireflies in a humid summer night.
In Svalbard you feel that you could raise your arm and touch God. Between you and the celestial immensity not even the sun, in this polar night that comes to an end during our journey, and a diffused light envelops us in an eternal sunset from morning to evening . It is twilight. GЪtterdКmmerung, the end of Gods, in Norse mythology. Those who live here live in the balance, they live without knowing what will happen the next day, they live with the awareness that here – for sure – they will not stay forever. Here, man lives suspended. Suspended in this alternation of lights and shadows so grazing at the heart that it does not generate contrasts. It would be so easy to understand immediately what is white and what is black, what is good and what is bad, what is right and what is wrong. It would be enough to decide which side to be on to always find a small refuge, where to light your lantern. And instead, our twilight of the Gods that today becomes the twilight of Man, is frightening because you do not know exactly what is going to happen, and deep down it makes you even more afraid to recognize that a lot depends on you.
Balance is an innate ability that you need to exercise every day. Then there will be refuge, and there will be your heart.
THE COLLECTION #4 (2020)
78°17’39.9″N 16°06’56.2″E
THE COLLECTION #4
NO MANS LAND SVALBARD
Arctic Visions’ collection #04 (2016 – continuous)
– limited edition of 300 copies;
– Editing by Isacco Emiliani;
– Texts edited by Riccardo Astolfi;
– 9 photographic images;
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– No Mans Land Svalbard is Arctic Visions collection #4 in a limited series of 300 copies. Sold Out –
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Arctic Visions è anche una collana fotografica composta da più collezioni, una per ogni regione Artica, sviluppate in maniera autonoma e personale da Isacco Emiliani. Dopo il viaggio del 2016 in Islanda decisi di realizzare una collana fotografica con una collezione per ogni regione del polo che avrei visitato.Le collezioni ad oggi sviluppate sono state: White Finland (2017); Prehisotoric Norway (2018); Native Alaska (2019); No Mans Land Svalbard (2020); Lost in Grønland (2023).
SONO STATO OSPITE
SCOPRI GLI SPEAKING
GEO, RAI 3
Incontro su Lost in Grønland, la collezione #5 di Arctic Visions di Isacco Emiliani con Sveva Sagramola a Geo, Rai3.
T2WU, FLOWE
Incontro su Native Alaska, la collezione #3 di Arctic Visions di Isacco Emiliani dedicato alla crisi climatica con Flowe e Wooding.
IUSVE RADIO, GRENZE FESTIVAL
Intervista su No Mans Land Svalbard, la collezione #4 di Arctic Visions di Isacco Emiliani per la mostra al festival di Grenze Arsenali Fotografici.
GEO, RAI 3
Incontro su Native Alaska, la collezione #3 di Arctic Visions di Isacco Emiliani con Emanuele Biggi a Geo, Rai3.
RADIO DEEJAY
Incontro su Native Alaska, la collezione #3 di Arctic Visions di Isacco Emiliani con Frank a Radio Deejay.
Arctic Visions’ collection #04 (2016 – continuativo): Isacco Emiliani, No Mans Land Svalbard, 2020
edizione limitata, numerata e firmata di 300 esemplari.
Testi Riccardo Astolfi.
Stampa:
tavole fotografiche: Carta X PER Premium White / Fedrigoni da 250g
Per questa produzione è stata realizzate una spedizione con Riccardo Astolfi alle isole Svalbard toccando il 78°,
Finito di stampare in dicembre 2020.