“Presently the small of coffee began to fill the room. This was morning’s hallowed moment. In such a fragrance the perversity of the world is forgotten, and the soul is inspired with faith in the future…” (Halldór Laxness, Independent People). In Progress: My new portfolio "The epic route - Iceland Ring Road No. 1." Photographs by Karl R. Thiel with quotes from the Icelandic Nobel laureate Halldór Laxness.I www.thielcollection.de