PROJECT
Antarctica: form at the end of the world
A study of the vast and brilliantly austere Antarctic landscape.
Despite exerting mostly invisible influence on humankind, Antarctica resides with curious prominence in the imaginations of many. But as far as it’s understood to be an actual geographic location, it’s also commonly regarded as something like an ecological concept—one concocted of loose factoids, cultural references, and, increasingly, environmental concerns. Over a century of scientific recording has barely diminished (if it hasn’t actually accentuated) the mythological reputation of the South Pole, and it remains to this day as distant and mysterious as to be another planet altogether, and for good reason; unlike any other known place on earth, Antarctica is a singular theater of astounding natural forces.
When confronted by this immense spectacle it’s nearly impossible to avoid referencing some manner of divine power, and such invocations are common in the testimonies of history’s most celebrated explorers; however, language and its capacity for lyricism aside, conveying a visual impression of Antarctica’s vast and ethereal frictions presents distinct challenges—thankfully, the camera is not without a knack for the surreal.
Through abstractions of scale, compressions of space, and a romantic narrowing of light, an image of recollection is negotiable, an image not exactly of how the place appeared to the eye, but how its appearance seemed to flex and bare its teeth at the spirit. An accurate misrepresentation in celebration of how our ancient fictions—inspiring and terrible—drape exclusively from the shoulders of the elemental world.
The collection contains 42 photographs.
Editions 1/5, 1/10
MEDIUM Pigment Photographic Prints
The panoramic vision of Form at the End of the World is encapsulated in this hand-made collector’s portfolio—limited to an edition of 25 copies.
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