Why go to Antarctica?

18th March, 2008

To boldly go where no man have gone before? Henry Kaiser who recorded guitar compositions in Antarctica, said because it would be the closest he could get to existing science fiction. Like the desert, an alien landscape. Someone asked me what kind of pictures I want to take here. I had a hard time answering because I’d like to take a picture I’ve never seen. Something that evokes nostalgia for snow. Turbulent skies and ice into water. Melting fairytales.

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  1. The nostalgia will be a conjured nostalgia– itself a sort of waste product. Recycled into a symbol.

    The emptiness there a myth. Walruses inhabiting abandoned settlements. The intruders are you and the hubris of expeditions.

    The consciousness of stone.

    Can you photograph all that? (The shot of the person shooting the iceberg more than the iceberg itself).

    Much love and great to hear your voice,

    Ed

    Posted by Edward Morris on 03/18/08, 5:06 pm

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