Whalers Bay Collapsed Wooden Building Antarctica Colour Architectural Photography
Weathered Boards Below Snow Streaked Hills And Grey Sky
A low wooden building lies partly collapsed at Whalers Bay on Deception Island, Antarctica. Its weathered boards and corrugated roof form a narrow band above the dark ground, with snow marked hills behind it. I photographed the scene in 2010, bringing the building’s damaged outline into the larger island landscape.
The long front wall still has several rectangular openings. Some lead into darkness, while another reveals pale ground beyond. Roof panels rest at uneven angles, and loose boards lie across the foreground. Near the right end, exposed timber crosses an open section where the wall has lost its regular shape. I find those differences between standing parts and fallen material more revealing than a close view of the wood alone.
Muted brown and grey tones dominate the structure, with a few yellow green patches across the roof. Behind it, rust coloured cylindrical tanks introduce smaller rounded forms, and another building appears near the right edge. Snow traces the slopes above them in broad, irregular areas. The pale sky leaves room around the hills without competing with the details below. My interest is in how these remnants sit within the setting: low timber shapes, scattered material and a much larger landscape of snow and rock. As a print, the photograph offers an unusual architectural view of Antarctica, combining the texture of a damaged building with the open space of Whalers Bay.
© Dan Kosmayer, 2010
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