Contact Sheet – Antarctica 2014
It took me some time to get a clearer sense for the images I made during my sixth voyage to Antarctica with Seth Resnick during our Digital Photo Destinations workshop. Lacking the big moments that immediately stood out on previous voyages (Curiously only a few of these selects were taken during our most dramatic moment when we spent four continuous hours in Pleneau Bay or The Iceberg Graveyard, where we found not one but three ice arches.), this voyage was a quiet sustained build of repeatedly chasing several ideas (minimal spaces, sheltering skies, glacial abstractions, ice details). The quieter more sensitive nature of this work became clearer as I reflected upon the way the files were processed, with a softer touch. Even as I left Antarctica, I wasn’t sure of exactly what I had, but the more time I spend with the work the more I begin to understand it. Antarctica’s many moods and its elusive mysteries are what keep me longing to return.
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williamneill
04.03.2014 at 13:48Hi JP,
It is exciting to see your new images. I was just there a month ago for the first time and the experience was beyond words. Hopefully, my images will convey some small bit of what I saw and felt. I can’t wait to go back, hopefully next year!
Looking forward to seeing more!
Cheers, Bill