Photographer: Diane Tuft

Title: "Paths"

Diane Tuft: "Paths," from the series "Aftermath," Iceland, 2010

The portrait, from Tuft's "Aftermath" series of photographs that capture the ultraviolet light found in the magnificent landscape of Iceland. Four months after the Eyjafjallajokull volcano's dramatic eruption, Tuft made her third visit to Iceland. Surveying the volcano's crater and the country from a Cessna 172 single-engine aircraft, she documented the dramatic and magical landscape. The vivid, saturated colors of the landscape were heightened by ultraviolet light. Tuft's lens captures Iceland's geological wonders and otherworldly features, highlighting the power and austerity of nature amidst ongoing global environmental and atmospheric destruction.

Diane Tuft (American, b. 1947)

Diane Tuft is a mixed media artist who has focused on photography since 1998. Fascinated by the environmental factors shaping the Earth's landscape, Tuft has traveled to remote places, including the North and South Poles, to document the visual effect of climate change. She is the author of three monographs - "UNSEEN: Beyond the Visible Spectrum"; "Gondwana: Images of an Ancient Land"; and "The Arctic Melt: Images of a Disappearing Landscape." She has had solo exhibitions at several museums and galleries, including the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles, the Multimedia Art Museum, Moscow, the National Academy of Sciences, and the Pace Gallery in New York City. Her work is included in the permanent collection of The Whitney Museum of American Art, The International Center of Photography and The Parrish Art Museum, as well as numerous private collections.

Signed by photographer

Image size: 23 x 15.5 inches (landscape)

Approx. framed size: 31 x 24 inches