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Tern

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Booth Island, Antarctica

I didn't go to Antarctica for the birds. I went for the ice. Great absurd slabs of it, blue in a way that doesn't photograph properly and doesn't quite look real in person either. The birds were a bonus. Something to point the long lens at while waiting for the light to do something interesting.

We were drifting in a zodiac off the rocky shore of Booth Island. The afternoon's snow squall had just blown through and left the sky completely flat, an even featureless grey with nothing in it. Then a tern lifted off the rocks. It came up over the boat and, instead of carrying on, it seemed to just stop above our heads and looked straight down at us.

The flat grey was the perfect light box backdrop for a minimal composition. No horizon. No context. Nothing to place it against. Just a bird, suspended and frozen in time. I adore minimal, it looks amazing on a wall in a modern furnished room.

Booth Island, Antarctica

I didn't go to Antarctica for the birds. I went for the ice. Great absurd slabs of it, blue in a way that doesn't photograph properly and doesn't quite look real in person either. The birds were a bonus. Something to point the long lens at while waiting for the light to do something interesting.

We were drifting in a zodiac off the rocky shore of Booth Island. The afternoon's snow squall had just blown through and left the sky completely flat, an even featureless grey with nothing in it. Then a tern lifted off the rocks. It came up over the boat and, instead of carrying on, it seemed to just stop above our heads and looked straight down at us.

The flat grey was the perfect light box backdrop for a minimal composition. No horizon. No context. Nothing to place it against. Just a bird, suspended and frozen in time. I adore minimal, it looks amazing on a wall in a modern furnished room.

The print

Printed by me, on my own printer, in my spare room. Every print is checked under a proper light before it goes anywhere. If it isn't right it doesn't get sent, it gets binned and I print another.

  • Paper: Fotospeed NST Bright White 315 GSM, 100% cotton, acid free and archival

  • Inks: Epson SC-P900 pigment inks, Tested up to 200 years under glass/archival display conditions

  • Border: a white border on all sides for mounting and framing (width of border dependant on size)

  • Signed on the border in graphite pencil, and numbered within the edition

  • Certificate of authenticity, signed, with a QR code linking to the edition record

  • Supplied unframed, flat-packed between acid-free tissue and rigid board, or rolled in a tube for A2.

Shipping

Shipping: Free UK delivery, tracked. Printed and dispatched within 5 working days. International shipping available.

Taxes & Duties: International Orders, prints are shipped DDU (delivery duty unpaid) and you may be liable to pay sales tax and duties before the parcel gets released from customs in your country.

  • No. Every print ships unframed with a white border sized to standard frames, so a high street frame will fit without a custom mount.

  • I print on fotospeed paper. The exact type is different for each print as is determined by the image and how I want to portray it. Check ‘The Print’ section on the product page for the paper used for that print.

  • Printed and dispatched within 5 working days. UK orders are expedited 1-3 days, international may take longer.
    If I am out of office, print and dispatch may be delayed until I’ve finished taking more photos and returned home.

  • A2 and A3 are limited to 15 and 25 prints worldwide. Once they're gone the image is never printed at that size again. A4 and below are open edition, signed but not numbered.

  • International shipping available at checkout.

    Taxes & Duties: International Orders, prints are shipped DDU (delivery duty unpaid) and you may be liable to pay sales tax and duties before the parcel gets released from customs in your country.