Author: Ben Smick
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Just Out Of Plain Sight: Laugarvatn
by Ben Smick
Exploring The Well Kept Secrets Of LaugarvatnI’m huddled over the steering wheel peering out from behind rapidly jerking windshield wipers…
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A Craving For Caving In The Leitahraun Lava Field
by Ben Smick
Exploring the Búri Cave with Fjallhalla AdventurersForty-five kilometres from downtown Reykjavík I’m standing on a snowy embankment surrounded by the…
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Pay Per View
by Jonathan Pattishall, Anna Andersen, Ben Smick, Gabríel Benjamin, Yasmin Nowak and Larissa Kyzer
Icelanders put a price tag on their nature for the first time, everIn June last year, something unprecedented happened here…
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Where You Dream More Than You Sleep
by Ben Smick
The Weight of Mountains film festival in SkagaströndSpákonufell mountain sits a small fishing village called Skagaströnd. On the edge of…
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The Fuzzy Face of Iceland
by Ben Smick
What do Icelandic men have to say about their facial hair? The silence of the barbershop is accentuated by the…
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Not Your Usual Cup Of Tea
by Ben Smick
I pop the translucent lime-coloured candy into my mouth and swish it back and forth from one cheek to the…
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Humans of Reykjavík
by Ben Smick
The Humans of Reykjavík, a group dedicated to unmasking the amazing individuals that bring life, culture and personality to our…
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A Faroese Folk Fay
by Ben Smick
Gamli Gaukurinn, February 12A cold, monotonous and tipsy Wednesday was on its way when I stepped into Gamli Gaukurinn to…
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Know Thy Selfie
by Ben Smick
The ‘Behind’ photography exhibition with Elo VázquezWhen Elo Vázquez first began displaying her photography on the internet in 2002, the…