Archive - Rajan Parrikar

Iceland, Gilded – 2/2

A continuation of winter study: river, shore, and ice turned metallic.

Feb 16 • Rajan Parrikar

Iceland, Gilded – 1/2

Sorcery when the sun runs low, the angle is true, and the land consents to gold.

Feb 11 • Rajan Parrikar

In the Hindu tradition, Dattatreya occupies a singular place, revered as the archetypal Guru, a teacher beyond lineage, institution, or time.

Feb 4 • Rajan Parrikar

January 2026

Midwinter Morning, Fellsfjara

Known locally as Fellsfjara, this black-sand beach has been rebranded Diamond Beach for tourists, to Icelandic displeasure.

Jan 20 • Rajan Parrikar

Hallgrímskirkja, Low Sun

The day’s last light gathers on Reykjavík’s iconic monument and mountain, the December sun skimming low along the southern horizon, turning stone and…

Jan 16 • Rajan Parrikar

Öræfi in Winter Light

Late-evening winter sun on glacier and summit.

Jan 10 • Rajan Parrikar

Sandey í Þingvallavatni

Snowbound Sandey emerges as a solitary form in the low winter half-light of Þingvallavatni, defined by contour and stillness.

Jan 3 • Rajan Parrikar

Everything Has Its Time

[This column was published in Icelandic on January 03, 2026 in Morgunblaðið.

Jan 3 • Rajan Parrikar

December 2025

Strandarkirkja: December Sun

On the eve of the winter solstice, the southern morning sun hovers low over the North Atlantic, briefly grazing the vast Reykjanes lavascape.

Dec 20, 2025 • Rajan Parrikar

Reykjavík Pink

Decembers in the world’s northernmost capital are a curate’s egg, unsettled weather tempered by the warmth of jól and the prospect of luminous evenings.

Dec 15, 2025 • Rajan Parrikar

Hallgrímskirkja and the Passing Moon

The full moon traced its arc over Reykjavík last week, granting a few brief alignments with Hallgrímskirkja. These photographs catch that conjunction in…

Dec 8, 2025 • Rajan Parrikar

The abandoned farm of Lokinhamrar sits directly beneath Skjöldur, the towering cliff that seals off the northern shore of Arnarfjörður.

Dec 1, 2025 • Rajan Parrikar

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