An Equal Difference
An Equal Difference is a long-form photographic and written work developed over three years in Iceland following the 2008 financial crash.
The project began with a question rather than a thesis: how does a society come to hold itself accountable, and what role do gender, power and collective psychology play in shaping that process? Iceland’s response to the crisis – including its emphasis on responsibility rather than scapegoating – offered a rare context in which to explore these ideas.
Through portraits, essays and landscapes, the work engages with women, men and children across Icelandic society. Portraiture functions as a form of dialogue rather than documentation, allowing individual voices and perspectives to surface without being reduced to representative roles. Alongside this, quieter observations trace the environments in which these ideas are lived.
Although grounded in Iceland, the book is not about Iceland alone. It examines how societies narrate themselves, how responsibility is distributed or avoided, and how equality – particularly gender equality – may create conditions for more flexible, innovative thinking.
The final book comprises 165 photographs and 18 essays. It resists simple conclusions, offering instead a reflective space in which viewers are invited to consider their own relationship to power, trust and collective responsibility. What emerges is not a model to adopt, but a lens through which to look more carefully at the world we share.
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