Clockwise from top right: Lago Grey, Southern Patagonia Ice Field, Chile
A mile-long sandbar connects a small island in the middle of
Detaille Island, Antarctica Lago Grey with the mainland. The promise of spectacular
A seal pokes its head up over an ice floe. From far away, seals
photos of the massive Grey Glacier that fed Lago Grey moti-
look like rocks. On land, they mostly just lie there in groups.
vated me to cross the sandbar. Instead of spectacular views, I
We found a group of seals sunning themselves on a small ice
was met with gale-force, katabatic winds streaming down
floe. It was several minutes before any of them moved, and I
from the glacier. The views from the island proved less than
was ready with my camera. In many of the photos that I took
spectacular, so I dumped the sand and gravel from my shoes
of seals, the photo is deceiving. It sometimes looks as though
and began the mile-long trek back to shore. A hole in the
the seal is ready to attack me as it flashes its sizable teeth, but
clouds allowed me to capture three people battling the
it is, in reality, just yawning. This particular seal popped his
winds, being completely dwarfed by the mountains behind
head up for a few seconds before going back to sleep.
them.
The Brooks Second Varsity Four (2006)
Ceramics Project
Rowers in the Brooks second boat watch their lead grow on
As I waited for my photo class to begin, I noticed this rather
BB&N. At 500 meters into the race, far out of view of the spec-
intricate piece in the ceramics room. I had already shot 24
tators, three out of the four oarsmen check to see if the pain
frames, and my camera was telling me that I could fit a 25th.
they are subjecting themselves to is paying off. By riding in a
Light was streaming in from across the room, creating
launch, I had the opportunity to photograph the entire battle,
brilliant shadows and highlights. I had the artist sit in front of
not just the finish. In the end, the Brooks crew’s determination
the window and asked her to show me how she had created
paid off, as they defeated BB&N by six seconds.
the design. After viewing several angles through the
viewfinder, I ended up choosing the hands, as I felt that they
were the most important part of the whole process.
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