There is something very magical about glacial ice. This iceberg was sleeker than the first and it was something about it’s shape that captured me, it was a sylph like sculpture floating in the water, elegant and curvaceous. Nature is the true artist, and there seemed to be an alchemical process at work, combining an organic transformation of water, light, silt, limestone and other natural materials along with the most important factor; Time. Although beautiful, there is a sadness too, these icebergs no longer exist, and slowly melted away. The Northern Patagonian Ice Fields are the world’s third-largest frozen landmass after Antarctica and Greenland. About 75% of the world’s freshwater reserves are locked up in glaciers and ice sheets. In the last 150 years this ice field has lost more than 100 cubic Kilometers of ice.

At 1.742.000 hectares this park is the largest in the region and includes the entire Northern Patagonian Ice Fields, where countless rivers and lakes are born. The ice field in this region extends over the mountains giving birth to nineteen glaciers of which San Rafael Glacier is one of the most impressive. One of the remotest glacial areas in the world, I took a plane, a car, and finally a boat to access the Glacier. I was attracted to the natural beauty of this area. There seemed to be an alchemical process at work, combining an organic transformation of water, light, silt, limestone and other natural materials along with the most important factor; Time. They are so deeply blue and covered in beautiful patterns because of the dense compactness of the ice formed over thousands of years, the icebergs absorb the sunlight rather than reflect it, the light is then refracted through the ice and returns as the colour blue.

During the editing process, the more I looked at my photos the more I saw a repetition of pattern. Pattern is not only repeated throughout nature, but also in our actions in everyday life.

We are at such an important tipping point with mother nature. Our biospheres are declining at a rapid rate. To become conscious of the patterns we repeat in our lives, our connection to nature and our reliance upon it is necessary for our survival. Building a strong connection to nature’s beauty and embracing our fragility within mother nature can change our future on this planet; for when we feel connected to something, we care for it and we want to look after it. I knew that witnessing this landscape was a rare opportunity and I wanted to capture its accelerated change in these mesmerising ice fields before they disappear.

Materials: Digital colour photo on paper

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