Landscape Shortlist

2D: Frozen World was photographed on the last day that the Icelandic Highlands were open, before heavy snowfall closed the area for the season. The images reveal the black volcanic desert covered by the first frost, which forms sharp, graphic patterns on the dark sand. The contrast flattens depth and scale, transforming the landscape into abstract, near-two-dimensional shapes, like surfaces from another planet. It is a fleeting moment between autumn and winter, frozen in time.