photography

The perfect shot of a catastrophy

Alaska is home to some of the most photogenic ice on Earth—but not all glacier photos are created…

John Novis: Composite glacier and Glof images



Evidence of global glacier recession: repeat photographs and satellite imagery

Globally, glaciers are receding, one of the most visual and striking pieces of evidence of the way in…

Historic Glacial Images of Alaska and Greenland

Cornell University Digital collections (1947 items)

Why this photographer made a camera lens out of glacial ice

Glacial ice is formed from snow accumulating and compacting over millennia. As the pressure increases, crystalline layers are…

Paul Zizka: Cryiophilia

It seems we’re only decades, maybe even a decade, away from some of this ice disappearing altogether. Some…

Alaska glacier photos

The Alaska glacier photos are from various regions of Alaska, but primarily in Prince William Sound. All images…

Frozen Surfaces: the entangled history of photography and Alpine tourism

Benedict Flett: “I’m a photographer and writer from London. My photographic practice began with early projects in Belarus…

Meltdown

Dir: Fredric Golding (2021). The film presents an extraordinary convergence of art and science, as we see two…

Dominik Schrey: Alpine Topographies of Loss: On the Media Temporality of Glaciers (2020)

Abstract “Arguing that the materiality of Alpine glaciers was linked to notions of emergency and greed long before…