Landscape nominee

All land is mid-formation — but sometimes it rises above the sea level faster than the erosion smoothens it out, resulting in a jagged, uneven landscape, still in a perpetual flux. Settling such a land is similarly a process of constant change, a history of overlaying ecological takeover by introduced and invasive species, new balances and shifting technological intrusion. It creates a landscape that shows both its natural and artificial undecidedness stronger than do other parts of the world: in its rocks, waterways, maintained and abandoned structures.

"Young Land" is a series on the natural and social landscape of Iceland.

Gleb Simonov is a poet and photographer, born in Russia in 1986 and currently based in New York.

He is an author of two books of poems: “Выбранной ветки”, published by ARGO-RISK in 2017, and “Glossary for a Game in Hell”, a hand-printed book made in collaboration with artist Vika Adutova. His literary work has been long-listed at the international Debut Prize (2010, 2012) and appeared in many Russian poetry magazines, such as Воздух, Лиterraтура, Polutona and others.

In photography, Gleb works primarily with non-urban landscapes. His work has been featured in “Observations in the Ordinary” collection by Subjectively Objective, and several photography magazines, such as Float, PHROOM, Phases, Analog magazine and others.