This photography by Ian van Coller depicts an epic land transformed by time and ice. Named after English explorer William Baffin, the island was likely visited by pre-Colombian Norse explorers and is believed to be the site of Helluland referred to in the sagas of Eric the Red. It has changed dramatically since those early voyages, as icecaps containing Canada’s oldest ice, some over 20,000 years old disappear forever. The piece is the pinnacle of the Ancient Lands, Recent Expeditions gallery exhibition of new work by van Coller.

Ian van Coller
Baffin Island (panorama) 2019
42 x 70 in. archival pigment print on cotton paper
Edition of 3 | $4,500

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