By Avonlea Cummings
Hometown Weekly Reporter
Our world has many unique wonders that it offers to pique our curiosity; it holds magnificent treasures of picturesque landscapes and clear blue skies. Many have traveled to popular destinations like France, Italy, and Japan, but have you been to the Faroe Islands?
The Faroe Islands consist of 18 secluded areas of land, which hold a fascinating history, in the southeast of Iceland. Covered in bright green fields of grass and notoriously high cliffs above the vast ocean, the Faroe Islands are home to 54,000 civilians.
A group of Walpole residents gathered at the Walpole Public Library to travel to the breathtaking Faroe Islands living vicariously through the immensely beautiful images presented by world photojournalist Barry Pell. Pell lived on the Faroe Islands, capturing the beauty that nature embraced each day on the remote islands. Throughout his presentation Faroe Islands: Rugged Nature in the North Atlantic, Pell informed Walpole residents of the distinctive characteristics the islands hold, along with the history and myths of how the islands came to be throughout his photography.
Pell exclaimed how the Faroese go about their daily living and traditions and even spoke about their Sod or turf roofing on houses to keep extra installation. Flicking past his magnificent photos, Pell demonstrates the pride the Faroese have for their Islands, even the sheep, and cute little puffins that have made the Faroe Islands their home too.
Although the Faroe Islands are a remote location, with only 100,000 visitors each year, Pell displayed a tremendous experience right before the audience’s eyes, keeping them on the edge of their seats. Being able to see Pell’s photos of the true beauty of the ‘rugged in nature’ the Islands have to offer has inspired those of Walpole to find new remote places to travel to and to take in the unique lure our world has to share.
