WINNERS

Arctic Expedition

  • Photographer
    Graeme Purdy, United Kingdom
  • Prize
    Gold Winner in Nature/Seasons

Images taken in the high arctic, Svalbard, Norway. I wanted my images to come across as raw and visceral as I could make them. Everything around me was so extreme and I felt some of that might be lost in my images. Shooting on my panoramic allowed me to best capture the vast frozen and mountainous vistas. As well as aesthetic my process was slow, purposeful and at times reflected a personal torture so in tune with the subject matter. Inspired by the pioneering explorers and photographers who first braved the wild north, for those few days I got to walk in their shoes.