Thang Vay
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ThangVay

My photos, contact sheets, and whatever I'm experimenting with at the time.
St. Louis ⟷ Iceland
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Northern
Stations

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Northern Stations · Feb 2024
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Húsavík platform at dawn
Húsavík, 04:12

First light, no train for eleven days.

Snow covered bench at Foss
Foss, 06:48

Snowpack on the south-facing bench.

Lamp glowing at Reykjahlíð
Reykjahlíð, 09:30

The lamp had been on since October.

Steam rolling over Mývatn platform
Mývatn, 11:15

Steam from the lake reached the platform.

Clerk desk at Akureyri
Akureyri, 14:22

A clerk still stamped my notebook.

Empty timetable frame at Höfn
Höfn, 16:50

Wind had taken the timetable.

Boy waiting at Vopnafjörður
Vopnafjörður, 18:33

A boy was waiting for a train.

End of the line at Þórshöfn
Þórshöfn, 20:07

End of the line. The lamp was warm.

The Index

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The Sift

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Some of my work prints. Drag them around if you want.

Work print 101
HÚSAVÍK · 2024
Work print 104
FOSS · 2024
Work print 108
REYKJAHLÍÐ · 2024
Work print 112
MÝVATN · 2024
Work print 115
AKUREYRI · 2024
Work print 119
HÖFN · 2024
Step 01

Find the Spot

I usually drive around until something catches my eye. No plan, no shot list — just whatever feels right that day.

Step 02

Shoot It

I tend to overshoot. Better to have too many frames than miss the one that actually works.

Step 03

Edit

I keep edits simple — contrast, exposure, crop. If it needs more than that, the photo probably wasn't good enough.

Step 04

Print / Publish

Some end up here, some get printed, most stay on a hard drive. That's just how it goes.

The Lightbox

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frames.

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About this site.

I built this as a side project — somewhere to put my photos and an excuse to make something with nice type and no deadline.

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EB Garamond

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Fira Code

Framework

Next.js

CSS Grid

IntersectionObserver

Photography

Leica M6

Kodak Tri-X 400

Hand-printed