Sari Turunen 9/20/25 Sari Turunen 9/20/25

Rare Encounters on Icelandic Shores

Unexpected sightings of pilot whales, a tagged osprey, and a white barnacle goose in Iceland—wildlife I never planned to see, but won’t forget.

Sari Turunen 8/21/25 Sari Turunen 8/21/25

Part Three: One Photo, Many Truths

One image. Five edits. A quiet iceberg becomes five different emotional landscapes. In this post, I reflect on how subtle editing choices shape meaning — and why feeling always matters more than fact.

Sari Turunen 6/27/25 Sari Turunen 6/27/25

Part Two: Finding the Mood – How the Storyline has been taking Shape

Part Two: Finding the Mood – How the Storyline Took Shape

The deeper I move into this process, the more I understand that making this book is not just about selecting photographs. It’s about listening. Not to trends, or to categories, or even to places—but to the ice itself. What it reveals, what it holds back, and how it transforms everything it touches.

Sari Turunen 5/31/25 Sari Turunen 5/31/25

A New Project… a Photography Book

The Dream of Ice - How This Book is Beginning

Since 2012, when I first set foot on the icy shores of Svalbard, I've been drawn to the silent allure of polar landscapes.Over the years, my lens has captured the delicate interplay between light and ice, the subtle textures of snow-laden terrains, and the fleeting presence of wildlife navigating these frozen realms.

Now, after more than a decade of exploration, I'm embarking on a new journey: crafting a photography book tentatively titled The Dream of Ice. This project isn't just a collection of images; it's a meditation on stillness, transformation, and the ephemeral beauty of the polar world.