The UN General Assembly has declared 2025 the International Year of Glaciers’ Preservation. Glaciers are melting all over the world and their loss seems unstoppable. Global warming has caused thousands of glaciers to disappear since 2000. 

Iceland, for example, has already lost 70 of its 400 glaciers. The glaciers are retreating so fast that future generations may wonder how the ancient island nation got its name. At the same time, the meltwater poses an existential threat by raising global sea levels.

Last year I had the chance to visit some of Iceland's most famous glaciers: Sólheimajökull and Vatnajökull, one of the largest glaciers in the world. I was able to experience the melting ice with all my senses. To see them floating on the water and melting was beyond imagination. 

Just as they say that every life is unique, I realised that death is the same. Each iceberg that broke off the glacier felt like an individual. - Icebergs are dying beauties. My pictures try to capture that feeling.