Virtual: Armchair Tour of the Faroe Islands with Joanne Pearson

Landscape photographer Joanne Pearson will be our guide through this armchair tour of the Faroe Islands.

The rugged and remote Faroe Islands–an archipelago of 18 islands located in the North Atlantic between Iceland, Norway, and the Hebrides–have a long and rich history. Settled by Irish monks around 600 AD, colonized by Vikings in the ninth century, and Christianized around 1000, the Faroe Islands are now an autonomous territory of the kingdom of Denmark. Formed by volcanic activity and reshaped by ice age glaciers, mountains rise steeply and sharply from the sea. Small villages in the rounded valleys of the coastline appear below you as you round a bend on a narrow road or emerge from one of the numerous tunnels that now connect almost all of the islands and some of the harder to reach villages. Cascading waterfalls, flocks of sheep, and dramatic scenery abound.

About the Presenter

Professional landscape photographer Joanne Pearson photographs architecture, landscapes, lifestyle, and food for the hospitality industry, architects, and builders throughout the northeast. She has been a professional photographer for more than 25 years. Prior to her career in photography, she was a registered landscape architect in the state of Massachusetts where she practiced for 12 years.

Joanne’s photographs of gardens, landscapes, and people have been featured in magazines, books, and calendars that have included Yankee, Vermont Life, Offshore, BrownTrout Publishers Inc., Lonely Planet, Farm and Ranch Living, Country, and Willow Creek Press. She is the solo photographer for four calendars produced by Mahoney Publishing, Inc., including Flowers and Gardens of New England.

This program will be held over Zoom. Please register to receive the meeting link.