THE COSMONAUTS

So here it is, the best video of the volcano, by Sean Stiegemeier. It’s the only one that truly captures the beauty and fierceness of Eyjafjallajökull at the same time. In his words…

So I saw all of these mediocre pictures of that volcano in Iceland nobody can pronounce the name of, so I figured I should go and do better. But the flights to get over took forever as expected (somewhat). 4 days after leaving I finally made it, but the weather was terrible for another 4. Just before leaving it got pretty good for about a day and a half and this is what I managed to get.

Here is the video, (best in fullscreen mode)

Sean declared that he’d come back to Iceland to do some more shooting if he had a sponsor. We commented on his vimeo page suggesting him to open a Kickstarter project page to get the funding. Raise your hand if you’d donate a few bucks to fund his project.

A couple of days ago Mark Mackay wrote post about the loss of quality and rigor of Spanish photojournalism, specifically at El Mundo, one of the main newspapers. The article (in Spanish), titled La lamentable situación del fotoperiodismo en El Mundo, is not a rant but a conclusion based on evidence. Worth reading if you care not just about form but also content in Spanish journalism.