This photo expedition is guided by professional photographer Laurent Dick. He has authored several books, the latest being a large hardcover coffee table photo book entitled ‘Antarctica’. From the Back cover text:
“Antarctica is an intimate and powerful visual celebration of a continent few will ever have the opportunity to visit. Photographer Laurent Dick’s stunning visual journey among towering icebergs and honking penguins is a personal invitation to stand in awe of the wild and raw beauty of Antarctica. Turning the pages, one is filled with wonder at the dramatic interplay of light upon the living landscape. This sublime photographic collection adds to a growing body of visual work documenting the ephemeral nature and intrinsic beauty of Antarctica. The striking imagery provides an important record of this untamed and vast continent while creating a connection to a place far away.”
From the Introduction:
“Antarctica is a mythical destination that has captured imaginations for centuries. It is unlike any other place on Earth – vast, wild and of unparalleled splendor. It is raw beauty and power, endless ice fields, towering iceb ergs, scoured peaks of rock and ice, violent polar winds and penetrating cold. Composed by the rhythms of geological time, it has been fine tuned by ice ages spanning thousands of years. This book celebrates the beauty of Antarctica. It challenges the still popular vision of Antarctica as an empty and inhospitable white continent. The images in this book propose an intimate view of Antarctica, one filled with the warmth of the polar twilight, and the welcome of honking penguins…”
Published in Europe by Lannoo, this hardcover book (240 pages, 13″x13″x1″, 6 pounds) is available online through Amazon.com:
(note: thumbnail of book cover on Amazon.com is not accurate)
