North Atlantic
- Location
- Faroe Islands
- Year
- 2022
- Images
- 8
Headlands, sea cliffs, and small villages on the Faroe Islands under a low, grey sky.
The headland above the bay. 
The village under the cliff. 
A house at the head of the valley. 
Surf from the cliff edge. 
Rain coming down the valley. 
The bay from the road. 
Roofs on the only flat ground. 
Cliffs in the wind.
I went to the Faroe Islands for ten days in October and saw the sun for about an hour. It didn’t matter. Under a constant grey sky the islands come down to two tones, tawny grass and slate water, and the shapes come forward: headlands like folded paper, cliffs dropping straight into the surf, villages tucked into the only flat ground.
I shot from the cliff paths and the roadside, often in wind strong enough to shake the tripod, and waited for gaps in the cloud that never came.
