For many of us, the climate crisis is a giant social, economic and environmental specter; for photographer Camille Seaman, it’s personal. A Shinnecock Indian, Seaman sees “images of icebergs as portraits of individuals,” akin to family photos — only these faces are dissolving. Over the last decade, the Emeryville, California–based TED Fellow has been documenting icebergs in both the Arctic and Antarctic for her “Melting Away” project. She writes in an email: “I felt that whenever I would come home it was like waking up in a nightmare where no one seemed to be paying attention to the larger picture. How hard is it to understand that we are poisoning ourselves, our water, our air, our land — and we are taking down how many untold species with us?” Take a look at 15 of her shots of icebergs and glaciers (along with some penguins and a polar bear) to see the world through Seaman’s eyes. And check out The Earth Academy, an awareness campaign she just launched to teach sustainability education.
Stuck Under the Moon, Disko Bay, Greenland, September 2009
Terminus, Raudfjord, Svalbard, June 20, 2010
Polar Bear on Glacier, Svalbard, June 2009
Walking on the Frozen Sea Ice, Cape Washington, Antarctica December 2006
You Go First, Adelie Penguins, The Ross Sea, Antarctica, December 2006
Looking at the Icebergs Near Franklin Island, Ross Sea, Antarctica, December 21, 2006
Rasmussen Glacier, East Greenland, August 2006
Terminus, Neko Harbor, Antarctic Peninsula, December 8, 2007
Sun Dimpled Iceberg in Errera Channel, Antarctic Peninsula, December 2007
Iceberg Detail with Glaucous Gulls, East Greenland, August 24, 2006
Majestic Iceberg III, Errera Channel, Antarctic Peninsula, December 15, 2007
Icebergs Colliding Near Elephant Island, Southern Ocean, February 1, 2010
Blue Underside Revealed Detail II, Svalbard, July 5, 2010
On Top of the World, North West Greenland, September 2009
Stranded Iceberg III, Cape Bird, Antarctica December 25, 2006
Evigheds Fjord, Eternity Glacier, West Greenland, September 2009
All photos courtesy of Camille Seaman.
