Onebyfourbynine

My fascination with icebergs and very cold places has probably a lot to do with my liking of Vancouver photographer David Burdeny's work, but I find his other series equally beautiful and interesting.

"Antartica/Greenland 2007" Series

"During 2007 and into the spring of 2008, I made several long journeys to the upper and lower extremes of our planet to photograph the shorelines, monolithic ice forms and landscapes of Greenland, Iceland and Antarctica. Most of these places are arduous to reach, beyond the borders of domestic transportation routes, accessible only by small aircraft or boat. All are endangered to some extent – threatened by tourism, climate change, industry and the hunt for oil."

"Sacred and Secular" Series

Toshio Shibata is a Japanese photographer using large-format photographs to explore large-scale civil engineering works in nature.

Many seem to want to interpret his work as some kind of commentary about the conflict between man and his environment... I see a work on textures, shapes and space with a primary emphasis on aesthetics and athmosphere. The civil works become giant abstract sculptures, geometric installations that subtly interact with their surroundings through waterfalls, moss, slow decay of concrete.

From an intersting interview on Eye Curious: "I try to eliminate the reality, time and any sense of specific place."