2012: Creative Visions - Commended
Rudi Sebastian (Germany)
The crack
As the fog descended, the chances of photographing the dramatic landscape of Iceland’s Vatnajokull Glacier fell, and the danger level rose. Then the jeep Rudi was travelling in suddenly stopped. The ice ahead had been torn apart by a crevasse. Though the crack was still narrow, the ice all around was extremely unstable. It was too dangerous to stand over the crevasse for more than a short time, and Rudi’s guide was anxious to get off the glacier. So Rudi took just one shot. ‘I wanted a 2D image, with the least possible depth and perspective,’ he says, ‘focusing on the crevasse disappearing into the horizon. At that moment, I was suddenly glad of the thick fog.’
Mamiya 645 + 80mm f4.5 Linhof Technorama lens; 1/30 sec at f11; Kodak Ektachrome 100VS film.
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