So when those buildings fell, and I had pictures of me and my friends—and that was our landscape—I understood the importance of a photograph as a historic document for the first time. As I get older—and I’m on the other side of twenty-plus years in the polar regions—I’m more aware that I’m not just photographing the external world. With the ice, people say, “I’ll never look at ice the same way again.” That’s meaningful to me because I’m trying to make a portrait of an iceberg—not just a shape or object, but a glimpse into its being, its personality, its life.
Author: Camille Seaman | LensCulture
Published at: 2026-02-26 00:00:00
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