LA Baby

I have sensed for some time that the art world is looking for more
from photographers, which is why I spend less time than I used
to working on encounters demanding literal documentation. It is
a crowded space and every day sensational natural world images
are garnered from around the planet from accomplished wildlife
photographers. Andy Warhol once said that “art is what you can get
away with”, and I do get his point. It is for the viewer to decide what
is dull and generic, not the practitioner. These musings leant heavily
on me as I deliberated what to do differently this time in Antarctica.
Installation art interests me as a storyteller and the opportunities
are limitless. We decided to bring some canvases down to
Antarctica as they can be erected and taken down in 20 minutes
without being invasive. This preconceived image is lifted by two
factors that I could not have influenced. Firstly, the textural beauty
of the Emperor penguin – she is so LA – and secondly the fact that
the weather was tough. It just works. (For the avoidance of doubt,
our installed art in Antarctica was erected on location under IATA
guidelines and without the Emperor penguins anywhere near us).