>> I'm back from Reykjavik with a full 16GB SD card loaded up with pics I took at various designer visits and shows I saw during the Reykjavik Fashion Festival.  On average I think I may have taken 200 pics per designer visit so bear with me whilst I get through a fair amount of editing. 

For now though, who's up for some gratuitous tourist shots?  Especially ones taken in the Blue Lagoon?  You'll moan and groan if your friends made you look through twenty shots of them lapping up the blue-tinted water with silica mud on their faces.  Making people endure the Blue Lagoon shots is a must when coming back from Reykjavik, especially when in my photo opp-motivated head, I kept on thinking of the possibilities of all the amazing imagery that can be had from this mystical-looking lagoon of geothermal seawater.  The one notable example I keep thinking of is the collaborative one-night-only performance by the Icelandic Dance Company, entitled 'Transaquania - Out of the Blue' which took advantage of the setting in every way possible.  I on the other hand went for the generic "Look, I'm in steamy water in a boring bathing suit, trying not to get my contact lens messed up!" style of photography...

If I was more opportunistic and creative, I would have paired up this delicate laser-cut paper bra, designed by Dutch illustration student Bodil Jane Kleipool with the settings of rugged lava rocks, silica and sulphur filled waters and all that magical-looking steam in the open air.  Kleipool has intentions of producing this bra, having experimented with the design in felt, leather and other kinds of paper so I'll keep you updated should the possibility of combining angsty girl in delicate papier lingerie in the waters of the Blue Lagoon become a reality...

(Photos by Erik Flohr)

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