Black Berg

This work is from a month-long expedition which took Lev to Northern Europe. You are looking at an iceberg Lev photographed in Iceland, instantly rooting the dramatic visual in fact. The deep black color is caused by thousand year old volcanic ash embedded within the ancient ice. The piece transforms this geological fact into a monumental visual metaphor, emphasizing the geometric tension between the sharp bright edges and the vast consuming black mass. The work asserts that the true power and profound depth of any structure or experience lies in the contained, unseen history it carries.

This series strips away color and forces the viewer to confront the raw geometry and profound emotional weight of both the earth and the structures built upon it. By eliminating the visual chaos of the modern palette these works achieve a timeless psychological clarity. The resulting images are deeply atmospheric transforming simple architectural scenes like Little House or monumental forms like Black Church into enduring visual icons defined purely by light and shadow.

 By capturing the world in such stark uncompromising contrast these works invite the viewer to engage in a necessary meditation on the enduring drama of nature, the existential solitude of human creation, and the fundamental visual tensions that define our perception of reality. The essence of permanence is found not in hue, but in the crystalline structure of form itself.