Articles

SHEDDING LIGHT ON A FARAWAY LAND

THE INTELLIGENCER, July 2007 By Andy McCullough Iceland slowly drew in John Welsh. It wasn’t until his second trip to the North Atlantic nation that the Jenkintown-based photographer realized the opportunity before him. “I rented [...]

LOOK AT ICELAND THROUGH HIS EYES

MAIN LINE LIFE, March 2007 By Anne Minicozzi “Many people find geothermal areas to be hellish, but I find them to be entertaining and a welcome sign of life.” John Welsh regarding the “Gunnuhver” photograph. [...]

PHILADELPHIAN TAKES ANOTHER LOOK AT ICELAND

LÖGBERG-HEIMSKRINGLA, THE ICELANDIC PAPER, August 2004 By David Jon Fuller John Welsh hopes his latest work will encourage people to see Iceland in a new light. Welsh, a Philadelphia photographer, has made six trips to [...]

A BEGUILING LAND OF FIRE AND ICE

PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER, April 2003 By Mary Anne Janco Inquirer Suburban Staff It's the land of fire and ice, where volcanoes are buried under glaciers and the sky erupts with the changing winds. In this land [...]

Reviews

EXHIBIT OPENING – LANDSCAPES OF ICELAND

July 3rd, 2013|0 Comments

WINDPHOTO, July 2005 By Marc Windahl I recently went to an exhibit opening at the Spirit Room in Fargo, ND that featured three artists on the landscapes of Iceland. It was part of the Scandinavian [...]

JOHN WELSH DISPLAYS IMAGES OF ICELAND AT MCCC

July 26th, 2007|0 Comments

MONTGOMERY NEWSPAPERS, July 2007 By Nicole Drumheller Gargus Although many of Jenkintown photographer John Welsh’s photographs are stunning enough to be postcards, they are not the blue-sky, tourist-driven images of travel brochures. Rather, they give [...]

MCCC DISPLAYS SLICES OF ICELAND

June 26th, 2007|0 Comments

THE LANSDALE REPORTER, June 2007 By Evelyn Short The “raging river” is contained not by grassy banks, but by tall chiseled-looking gray rocks. Because there are no homes, trees or people, the expansive wall of [...]

SHOTS CAPTURE UNSPOILED ICELAND

March 26th, 2007|0 Comments

THE PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER, March 2007 By Victoria Donohue John Welsh, a Jenkintown photographer, keeps good company. He's drawn to picture-taking in Iceland's wilderness as if to idealize or tame those primal landscapes - a vivid [...]