Brimming with Story, Iceland exists as a landscape thick with
place names, many dating from the Age of Saga, approximately 930-1030.
Along the routes of the "circle" or "ring road"
communities offer a lyrical and ceaselessly fascinating perspective
on the country's rivers, lakes, and fjords as they are riven and
sewn with the Sagas of Icelanders. In 2002 and 2003 I traveled
Iceland by cycle, completing 1400 miles along the route of the
"ring road" and routes off the ring road into the North
Fjords, West Fjords, and Snæfellsnes Peninsula. Individuals
shared with me a photographic moment seated on the sculpture,
"By-cycle.” These photographs, with their stories,
document the lively saga eminent in the particular place.
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