Iurie Belegurschi is an internationally acclaimed nature photographer and educator with a passion for the outdoors and the Arctic Region. Self-taught, he is renowned for his impressive talent for capturing the power, majesty and vulnerability of the world’s most spectacular landscapes. He is particularly esteemed for his breathtaking images of Iceland, where he is based, most notably of the country’s Northern Lights, Ice Caves and Volcanoes.

Iurie’s message has perhaps been most impactful through his acclaimed photography exhibitions of Iceland’s nature, which have been excellently received both domestically and abroad. Such showcases of his incredible portfolio have proved his excellence as a visual storyteller, spellbinding audiences with both the striking beauty of his photographs and their impactful, poignant narratives.

Aside from his exhibitions, his groundbreaking images have been featured internationally in advertising, books, magazines and countless other media outlets.

Iurie is also passionate about machine learning and currently working on an ongoing art project by training AI with hundreds of his Iceland photographs taken in the last 15 years to create a New World in the Metaverse, where algorithms generate new and unique dreamlike landscapes. The results are unique artworks created from a collaboration between a machine and a human.