Huldufólk: Iceland, the hidden people

There is mystery in Iceland, landscapes full of contrasts and movements, stories of a parallel universe populated by trolls, elves and other characters of the Hudulfolk, rocks separating houses or diverting roads, strange sites.
Through natural sites full of legends or urban landscapes, Michel Eisenlohr reports on the amazing relationship that Icelanders still have with their environment. In Reykjavik, as in the most remote villages of the country, strange incidents seem to reveal the presence of hidden beings, nestled in stones and streams. This surprising cohabitation illustrates the contrast between the modernity of Icelandic society and the prominence of tradition and millennial beliefs. Michel Eisenlohr, photographer of the trace, the light and the sensitive, undertakes here to take up a challenge: to photograph the invisible. Inspired by tales and legends, guided by the research of ethnologists, geographers and archaeologists, it gives us an account of a fascinating intangible heritage.

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