polar bears and the icebreaker
You can take thousands of shots in the moment of a great encounter. You can shoot from one side, other side, every side. Sometimes you’re so exhilarated, you just hold your finger down taking 20+ frames per second. But you always feel that exact moment when you got “the” shot - the one you dreamed of. When everything comes together: the animal’s mood, light, clouds, composition, and perhaps a bit of nature’s magic. I called this image - “A Home Divided” and here’s why.
Polar bears and man exist in two different worlds. We - wake up to our smartphone alarms, go to the office so that we can buy lunch, force ourselves to the gym to work off said lunch, and then go to the bar looking to forget the day at the bottom of a glass. The bear just lives - and in order to live it does not need a Gucci bag or a TikTok feed.
Progress is relentless and as we move up the technological ladder, we are melting ice, destroying forests, and devastating the oceans. In the process, the two worlds - man and nature - continue to drift apart. And, the crown of this incompatibility - we board this huge iron vessel with a capacity of 75k horsepower, with a luxury bar and a pool to explore “the animal world”, a place moving further and further away from us.
The world as we know it is very fragile, and the current state of affairs - from political conflicts and nuclear tension to the climate crisis - means that the end could very well be nigh. These things are real, and if they continue as they are, the outcome will be catastrophic. I’m curious - what will it take to steer this ship around?
So - a home divided. Or maybe the world is divided?
