Ice
Ice is a body of work that I started capturing in 2011 and I continue to be deeply fascinated with and committed to interpreting.
I have made countless journeys to a number of subarctic, Arctic, subantarctic and Antarctic destinations including Iceland, Greenland, Svalbard, South Georgia and Antarctica. I am attracted to the sculptural beauty and the extraordinary atmospheric elements of these polar regions. My ice journeys have resulted in a number of stories.
Monuments
Here is the story of heroes, commanding reminders of the journey from glacier to open ocean. The floating castles, palaces, canyons, and mesas remind me of buildings and distant lands from long ago. They seem both eternal and historical.
Nature's Mirror
This group of images came together rather quickly after a fairly long and demanding effort to achieve mirrored effects in Photoshop (which you can see in my Synergies gallery.) After glimpsing the reflection of an iceberg during a still morning in Jokulsarlon, Iceland, I had found a possible way to duplicate – or mirror if you will – my rather obsessive quest for images with symmetry. My hope was to add to this portfolio during a subsequent trip to Greenland. In the first hour of the first ride on the Zodiac cruising through the morning waters of Greenland’s Disko Bay I captured dozens. Finally, in Antarctica I saw an iceberg not only mirrored in the water, but also echoed in the shoreline’s mountains.
Facets
Facets explores the crystalline beauty and exotic nature of ice, ice in glaciers, small details of icebergs, smaller pieces of ice in a larger environment.
Harsh Tranquility
This body of work captures and interprets the moments of drama, light, and cloud that play on the large landscapes of the world’s stage. As in a number of my seascapes and landscapes, bands of light, banks of clouds, moments of surf and weather create patterns of mood and silence.
Microcosmos
A small body of work captured in just a few minutes observing the reflection of the sun in waters dotted with melting ice. The ice, dark water, and sun create reminders of miniature solar systems, asteroids, small worlds and galaxies floating in space. It was as if I had left the physical location and found a more spiritual and spacious place.
