Declaration
The glory of the mountains, as the first light of dawn strikes the towering faces and brings a much welcomed warmth to the icy heights.
Southern Alps, New Zealand (2023)
Flow Glow
Where ancient ice once flowed, shaping and carving the landscape in its wake.
Southern Alps, New Zealand (2023)
Ice Waves
Towers of ancient ice catching the rays of morning light.
Fox Glacier, Southern Alps New Zealand (2023)
Morning Embrace
Breaking the dark cold of night, towering peaks welcome the warmth of morning light.
Mount Tasman, Southern Alps New Zealand (2023)
Ocean Alps
Ocean, light and ice crested mountains. Mount Cook graces the skyline, the tallest point in all of Australasia.
South Westland, South Island New Zealand (2022)
Where the light is
Above the fog and into the light, one winters afternoon.
Southern Alps, New Zealand (2021)
Days End
One the most beautiful moments in nature that I've beheld, as I attempted to capture the fleeting light across the expansive field of ice and snow.
Southern Alps, New Zealand (2021)
Fox
A tribute to the mighty Fox glacier which overlooks the Tasman Sea.
Southern Alps, New Zealand (2021)
Footprints
A simple scene on the ice field, doing what is has done countless times, in the silence without a soul in sight. On this particular evening, I was thankful to be a witness.
Southern Alps, New Zealand (2021)
Frozen Land
A side of New Zealand not many know, and one that is rapidly disappearing. Where ice and snow stretch for miles and rise up to the highest of heights. The beauty of such a place is hard to comprehend.
Southern Alps, New Zealand (2021)
Sunsoaked
One of the most breathtaking sights I’ve beheld, as warm buttery light spread warmth onto a frozen world of expansive mountains of ice.
Southern Alps, New Zealand (2021)
Icewreck
A break in the darkness as the culmination of light and ice met as one for a fleeting moment.
Fox Glacier, New Zealand (2021)
Caked
Stress fractures in the ice, pull apart and create an expansive field of cube shapes, each large enough to easily fit a few houses on. Here, the sunset light spread across the surface, creating a foreign and dreamlike environment.
Southern Alps, New Zealand (2021)
Underworld
Sunlight upon thick ice walls within a glacier.
Southern Alps, New Zealand (2021)
Ice Towers
A scene of pure beauty in such an inhospitable environment. The contrast of warm sunset light across the surface of the ice was bliss. It’s hard to comprehend, but the foreground ice is the equivalent of large hills.
Southern Alps, New Zealand (2021)
Here Right Now
Looking down upon a conveyor belt of ice that stretches on for miles. The scale is lost here, but you’d struggle to find a car if it were parked anywhere on the icy surface. As the day came to an end, the colours shifted on the ice into a beautiful array of warm hues. I felt privileged to behold such a sight.
Southern Alps, New Zealand (2021)
Battlefield
A scarred battlefield of ice and snow stretching for miles.
Southern Alps, New Zealand (2021)
Breakfree
Warm sunlight filters into the frozen heart of the Tasman glacier, where these icy walls have waited centuries for such a sight.
Tasman Glacier, New Zealand (2021)
Ice Sea
Last light skims across a field of endless snow and ice.
Southern Alps, New Zealand (2021)
Kiss
As the sun met the horizon, the final rays of warm light prepare to drift off the sea of ice.
Southern Alps Glacier, New Zealand (2021)
Dominion
Where rock and ice rise to the highest of heights and overshadow any who stand in the presence of such a grand display.
Aoraki/Mt Cook, New Zealand (2021)
Blue Pool
A vibrant pool of blue, slowly fed by the melting ice. Tucked up and away in the heart of the mountains.
Southern Alps, New Zealand (2021)
Fade
A world of ice, slowly turning back to stone.
Tasman Glacier, New Zealand (2021)
Gratitude
The West Coast on a pristine autumn afternoon, after a fresh dusting of snow adorned the high peaks.
Southern Alps, New Zealand (2021)
Vanguard
Innumerable moments like this pass by in the wilderness, without a single eye witnessing it. On this particular afternoon, I was a grateful bystander, as shadow and light danced across the land.
Southern Alps, New Zealand (2021)
Sawtooth
A fleeting window in time, where I was grateful to be a mere bystander amidst a greater work of art.
The Great Divide, New Zealand
Finality
The glistening peak, Mount Aspiring, rising up to almost 10,000ft in a land dominated by ice. The mountains call, drawing us in with their mighty heights and mysterious faces that come to life in the light.
Mount Aspiring, New Zealand