Looks like an extremely interesting --and important -- film. Thanks for the heads up. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola
On Sun, Dec 9, 2012 at 9:35 PM, steve harley <[email protected]> wrote: > i saw Chasing Ice last night and recommend it both for what it says about > melting of glaciers and as a story about a photographer's quest; both topics > get about equal weight in the film, which surprised me — it is as much a > laudatory biopic of James Balog and extreme photography as it is about the > disappearing glaciers > > <http://www.chasingice.com/see-the-film/trailer/> > > i met Balog briefly in the early 90s when i was production director for > Buzzworm Magazine (we published images from his Endangered Species and Next > of Kin series), and i've casually followed his career since; the intensity > with which he pursues his subjects seems to have reached a peak in his > Extreme Ice Survey, which this film documents; if nothing else it's worth > watching him photograph ice floes barefoot in the Icelandic surf; geekier, > but also fun, are the logistics of installing dozens of time-lapse DSLRs > (they are Nikons) at the ends of the earth > > the evidence on climate change in the film is very subjective; it isn't > intended as "proof" in itself, but i fear it will be one of the more > dramatic epitaphs for the climate we knew; even if you think climate change > is a hoax, i think you will find inspiration in the photographic endeavor > and in the glacier photography itself > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
