Photographer Erez Marom frequently travels to Iceland to capture the country's diverse landscapes, ranging from frozen waterfalls to erupting volcanoes. (Erez Marom)

With the country boasting a diverse landscape of volcanoes, waterfalls, ice caves, glaciers and black beaches, photographer Erez Marom described Iceland as “an abundance of natural treasures that [is] almost too good to be true.”

The Israeli photographer has been traveling to Iceland every winter for five years, experiencing new and different things with each visit. “I never get tired of Iceland, and there is still so much more for me to discover there,” especially harsh landscapes, he told weather.com. “I’m not excited by flowers or grassy hills--give me lava, give me ice, snow, storm clouds and I’m a happy man.” Iceland has them all.

Marom started dabbling in photography with macro images, then moved onto shooting landscapes. Eventually, he developed an overall passion for nature and travel photography. “I might not be a millionaire, but the experiences I’ve gotten these last few years are worth more than any amount of money,” he said. “In what other job can you fly over an erupting volcano or witness the Northern Lights in the most exquisitely beautiful locations?”

The rapidly changing weather conditions in Iceland can make a photographer’s task difficult. “In some of the occasions...weather was stormy and the rain only stopped for a few minutes,” he said. “But then again, harsh conditions make for unique and beautiful images, so enduring them is business as usual for a nature photographer.” Marom believes that the conditions don’t change the outcome of his work, brushing off harsh weather conditions as “not a big deal.” “A good shot is good whether I took it from the roadside or from the top of a mountain.”

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His Iceland photographs show a diverse array of landscapes, ranging from snow-covered waterfalls to erupting volcanoes. One of his favorite photographs is titled “Spot the Shark,” which shows the movement of water. “It’s one of those images that you don’t realize how good and unique they are until you take a second, third or fourth look,” he said. “It just has everything: gloomy weather and colors, ice, water motion and the cherry on top--the ‘shark’!” This specific image was featured in a National Geographic book.

“As a landscape photographer I always strive for originality, and the fact that ice is ever changing makes images of it inherently more original,” he said. “There’s only a short time before it changes for good.”

Conscious and concerned for climate change, Marom believes that the subject deserves the world’s awareness. “I go back to Iceland every year and I see with my own eyes the glaciers receding tens of meters every single year. Ice caves that have been there one year, leave only rocks in their trace the next. Weather gets crazier and more volatile,” he said. “It’s a sad, sad thing, not only to photographers but to all of us, and something needs to be done.” Marom hopes to use photography as a means to contribute to the public’s perception and understanding of global warming.

Before becoming a full-time photographer, Marom was an active musician and a dedicated scholar. He currently holds a master’s degree in engineering, taught math at Tel Aviv University and even considered pursuing a PhD as well. But now, instead of teaching academics, Marom holds photo workshops around the world.

“It was quite hard to decide to forsake everything and become a photographer,” he said. “And it came together with a vast change in my personal life, but I don’t regret it for a single moment.”

“I get to do what I love, I live my passions and I experience life to the fullest--at least more than I could’ve expected in the past. I’m my own boss, I decide where to travel and what to shoot. What more could you ask for?”

To look at more of Marom's work, visit his Instagram and Facebook.