Photographer Creates a Unique Temporary Camera Lens Out of Glacial Ice From Iceland’s Diamond Beach
French filmmaker Mathieu Stern, whose incredible work we've previously posted, shares how he created a unique but very temporary camera lens out of 10,000 year old glacial ice found upon the black sands of Diamond Beach in the South Region of Iceland. Stern prepared for this project with a 3D printed lens case and a hacked ice sphere press and while his first few attempts didn't pan out, the fourth time was a charm.
Shooting photos using an ice lens was my dream for almost 2 years. After some research I saw that almost no one ever tried this crazy idea, mainly because it's hard as hell to find pure ice, and even harder to get a clear image. " If it's hard to find pure ice in my city, maybe I should go where I could find some 10 000 year old pure ice : Iceland's famous " iceberg beach". "we arrived on the beach at 5AM and had the chance to see some huge icebergs all over the beach. We stayed there for almost 6 hours in the cold to create" only one true working ice lens.
View this post on InstagramA post shared by Mathieu Stern (@mathieustern) on Oct 23, 2018 at 9:05am PDT
Scott and I were recently in Iceland and also captured footage and photos of this incredible beach (sans glacial lens).
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