Photography Galleries
Landscape and cityscape photographs gathered across the Northern regions and in major cities, from Alaskan fjords and glaciers to Icelandic terrain, Hong Kong harbour and the streets of New York.
Request a printAlaska
Glacier faces, fjords, rivers and forest edges photographed along the Alaskan coastline and inland routes, including Resurrection Bay, Seward, McCarthy, Whittier, Homer, Brooks Fall, Matanuska River, Harding Icefield, Kennicott, Aialik Bay and Holgate Glacier.
- Resurrection Bay
- Seward
- McCarthy
- Whittier
- Homer
- Brooks Fall
- Matanuska River
- Harding Icefield
- Kennicott
- Aialik Bay
- Holgate Glacier
Iceland
A separate gallery of Icelandic scenes, continuing the same interest in special light, changing weather and untamed land that defines these northern series.
Hong Kong
Dense harbour and street views, photographed across the central districts and the Kowloon side of the water.
Central
City core seen from the harbour side.
Causeway Bay
Waterside streets and towers.
Kowloon
The peninsula skyline across the water.
Tsim Sha Tsui
Promenade and shoreline perspective.
New York
Street-level and architectural frames from Manhattan, moving from the Lower Manhattan waterfront to midtown landmarks.
| Location | Subject |
|---|---|
| Lower Manhattan | Waterfront and skyline views |
| Iron District | Old industrial architecture |
| Grand Central | Terminus and surrounding streets |
| Rockfeller Center | Midtown towers |
| Time Square | Illuminated commercial streets |
Prints and editions
These photographs, and more from the same series, are available for publication and for edition. They are shot on slide film (Velvia or Provia) and, more recently, on professional digital cameras, using a tripod and professional lenses, without digital manipulation.
For print sizes, editions or publication requests, get in touch with Frédéric Lefebvre — 75013 Paris, France — by email at contact@paysagesdunord.com or by phone on +33 6 60 22 79 47.
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This gallery collects landscape photographs made across the northern countries, where light arrives late, weather shifts without warning and the land keeps its own time. The emphasis is not on landmarks but on atmosphere: fog lifting off cold water, glacial faces turning blue between squalls, forest edges holding the last of the day's warmth. Each frame is presented as a single, generous image with plenty of dark space around it, letting the viewer pause rather than scroll.
The Alaskan sequences follow the coastline and inland routes, from the narrow bays near Seward and Resurrection Bay to the outlet glaciers and rivers further along the route. Icefall walls, moraine fields, braided water and the long glacial valleys are photographed under both flat overcast and low golden sun. The recurring subject is scale without spectacle, the sense of a small figure, or no figure at all, set against terrain that dwarfs everything.
A separate group of Icelandic scenes continues the same curiosity with special light, changing weather and untamed ground. Black sand, wet basalt, mossy lava and open water appear under skies that move quickly from pale haze to hard shadow. Rather than sorting the pictures by event or by trip, the grouping follows a visual logic: recurring colour, recurring texture, the way cold air renders distance as layered tones.
Scattered alongside these northern galleries are studies from other northern countries, kept in the same spirit of watching and waiting. Seascapes, tundra, boreal forest edges, and northern light at unusual hours are treated with the same restraint, presented without captions that explain too much. The full collection works like a visual map, a shared record of places where the seasons, the weather and the long daylight shape what can be seen and how it feels to be there.