PROJECTS | on ice
In 1996, on a flight home from Europe, the clouds parted and from 35,000 feet we saw Greenland for the first time. That immense frozen landscape we viewed from on high was enthralling. The following year we traveled to Greenland and began photographing in an unfamiliar and treacherous terrain, but one of astonishing beauty.We returned many times to photograph that icy landscape in all its forms from imposing cathedrals of ice to their shattered remains. Each successive trip between 1997 and 2001 revealed an accelerated rate of melting. “On Ice” is a meditation on beauty and impermanence in the age of climate change.B&W Photos by Diane Cook Color Photos by Len JenshelIn 1996, on a flight home from Europe, the clouds parted and from 35,000 feet, we saw Greenland for the first time. That immense frozen landscape we viewed from on high was enthralling. The following year we traveled to Greenland and began photographing in an unfamiliar and treacherous landscape, but one possessed with an astonishing beauty.We returned many times to photograph that icy landscape in all its forms, from imposing cathedrals of ice to their shattered remains. Each successive trip, between 1997 and 2001, revealed an accelerated rate of melting. The series “On Ice” is a meditation on beauty and impermanence in the age of climate change.B&W Photos by Diane Cook
Color Photos by Len Jenshel
In 1996, on a flight home from Europe, the clouds parted and from 35,000 feet we saw Greenland for the first time. That immense frozen landscape we viewed from on high was enthralling. The following year we traveled to Greenland and began photographing in an unfamiliar and treacherous terrain, but one of astonishing beauty.We returned many times to photograph that icy landscape in all its forms from imposing cathedrals of ice to their shattered remains. Each successive trip between 1997 and 2001 revealed an accelerated rate of melting. “On Ice” is a meditation on beauty and impermanence in the age of climate change.B&W Photos by Diane Cook Color Photos by Len JenshelPROJECTS / on ice
In 1996, on a flight home from Europe, the clouds parted and from 35,000 feet, we saw Greenland for the first time. That immense frozen landscape we viewed from on high was enthralling. The following year we traveled to Greenland and began photographing in an unfamiliar and treacherous landscape, but one possessed with an astonishing beauty.We returned many times to photograph that icy landscape in all its forms, from imposing cathedrals of ice to their shattered remains. Each successive trip, between 1997 and 2001, revealed an accelerated rate of melting. The series “On Ice” is a meditation on beauty and impermanence in the age of climate change.B&W Photos by Diane Cook
Color Photos by Len Jenshel