07/25/2026
This is an ambrotype of the tabular iceberg A57a that I photographed in Antarctica in 2019. The iceberg originated from an ice shelf in the Weddell Sea in 2008 and at the time the photograph was made, the iceberg measured 11x5 nautical miles, making the berg roughly the size of Washington, D.C.
This image was completely unexpected - we had been sailing along the edge of the iceberg, marveling at it’s beauty and size, but the light was pretty flat. As we sailed away, the sky opened up a hole in the clouds and suddenly the berg was illuminated, making the scene more like a Rothko painting than an iceberg. This is another moment I will never forget - the gift of 30 seconds of direct light on the top of a tabular iceberg. In the ten years I spent in the polar regions, this was the only time this particular light happened. A true gift.
This piece is available at art at the Assembly Art Fair in Seattle. Please stop by the fair in the beautiful West Canal Yards. Photographed for in
