A touch of heaven

A touch of heaven
Disko Bay, Greenland, 2017

This photo received an honorable mention in the International Photography Awards 2018.

The Ilulissat Icefjord, on the west coast of Greenland, covers an area of 4.000 square kilometres of drifting icebergs that stem from one of the world’s most productive glaciers. I explored this UNESCO World Heritage site late July, when the sun never sets at this latitude. Soft light lingers throughout the night. To get this shot, I climbed the mountains that oversee the Icefjord. At one moment, far in the distance, I noticed how one iceberg was lit up by the midnight sun while the clouds seemed to reach out for it. I quickly grabbed my telephoto lens to capture the magic of the moment.