Finnish Nature photography magazine Lumo has just run a feature on the 2015 Global Arctic Awards. You can download a PDF of the Feature HERE or just click on the image below. You might need to brush up on your Finnish :-)
Category: Arctic
Semi-Finalist: Nature’s Best Photography 2016
I was very pleased to receive notification yesterday that I have had one of my photographs selected as a finalist image in Natures Best Photography competition. This is the sixth year in a row I have had my photography in the finals and am honoured to have had my photographs selected again. I can’t share which photograph has been selected at this point in the judging, but will post the image up as soon as the final judging is complete.
I have also just made available online an open edition portfolio on the Arctic Fox and the Polar Bear. Portfolios are a collection of loose, unbound original fine art pigment on paper prints that when viewed as a group form a collective project. Each portfolio contains a title page, then typically a colophon and statement about the project. A selection of finished fine art prints forms the project body of work. The photographs themselves are intended to be seen as a group, such as one would find in a book. However, they are loose prints designed to be held in the hand and kept together in a fine art package.
Each portfolio cover is made from custom embossed acid-free archival art paper. The assembly uses only archival, acid-free materials to ensure the long life of the prints contained inside. Prints can be stored in the portfolio cover, or removed, matted and framed.
Portfolios are printed on 100% cotton acid-free A4 Museo Portfolio Rag 300gsm Fine Art paper with a Canon IPF6350 Large format printer using Canon LUCIA long-life pigment inks. Each print is made with the same exacting care and meticulous attention to detail as my large format prints that are available exclusively through galleries. Portfolios are individually numbered, open edition and are available for $250USD each plus shipping.
The first two Portfolios to be made available are on the Arctic Fox and the Polar Bear. Each Portfolio contains six open edition fine-art prints as well as title page, colophon and statement about the project. Portfolios can be ordered online directly.
Arctic Arts Project Exhibition News
Over the last two years I have been working as a contributing partner to the Arctic Arts Project. The Arctic Arts project has the goal to gather a body of work over the next 36 months that reveals unique images of environmental art that currently exist within the region surrounding the arctic circle. The belief is that geographical areas that are under significant kinetic change are constantly revealing visual elements, both artistic and scientific, that may have only been witnessed globally by a few select people, if at all. It is the project’s intent to bring this unique visual kaleidoscope of ice, water, fire, tundra and fauna to the world at large, capturing the change as the aesthetics of rebirth rather than extinction. The project has continued to grow and evolve during this time and a new exhibition of work from the contributing photographers is now on display at the Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research – INSTAAR.
From the project director Kerry Koepping: As the University of Colorado’s oldest institute, INSTAAR has a long history of responding to pressing environmental issues. The primary focus of INSTAAR has been on polar and alpine regions, where effects of global change are especially pronounced. Research topics vary widely and include Quaternary and modern environments, human and ecosystem ecology, biogeochemistry, landscape evolution, hydrology, oceanography, and climate. The Arctic Arts Project will act as visual communicator to the research currently being conducted in the Arctic. Project Director, Kerry Koepping, and the Arctic Art’s Team of Artists will focus on bringing the visual response to this research and educating the world at large as to its findings.
The exhibition has already been lauded by more than 350 of the biggest names in Arctic Research (including many pre-eminent scientists) as being one of the finest displays of Arctic Change Visualisation that exists anywhere.
The exhibit is currently at 60+ images, and is continuing to expand by an additional 4-8 photographs over the next week including several of my own photographs from the 2015 Global Arctic Photographer of the Year award.
Global Arctic Awards 2015 Exhibition in Russia
An exhibition of the best photographs from the 2015 Global Arctic Photographer of the Year Awards are now on display in Salekhard in Russia. Salekhard is a town located on the Yamal Peninsula. It is the administrative center of Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug region in Russia. It is also the closest town to the Polar circle, making it the ideal venue to host the Arctic Awards exhibition. The exhibition includes all five of my photographs that won medals in the 2015 Awards and won me the overall title of 2015 Global Arctic Photographer of the Year. If you happen to be in the area and stop past for a visit please drop me an email and let me know what you think.
Arctic Fox Project – Behind the Scenes
A little over two weeks ago I wrapped up my winter photographic project on the Arctic Fox in the remote north east of Iceland. The project has spanned the last three winters with the final intent being a book to be released later this year. A portfolio of prints from the project is available now for purchase on my website. A behind the scenes video snippet from one of the last days on the project is included below. Just click on the image below to play the video. Full behind the scenes footage coming soon.
Daniel Bergmann and I also wrapped up our 2016 Iceland Winter Workshop a couple of days ago (full report coming soon). We had a mix of dramatic and challenging weather during the trip; as is often the norm for Iceland in winter.
I am now in the Lofoten Islands in Norway where I will be co-leading a nine day workshop for landscape photography with my friend Martyn Lucas. We are kicking off in the next couple of days and are looking forward to dramatic winter landscapes and possibly even some Aurora Borealis if conditions permit.
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