Antarctica - Photographs by Santiago Vanegas
Atlanta photographer Santiago Vanegas was so enthralled with Antarctica in 2009 when he sailed aboard Ocean Nova he spent a year developing an exhibition of 50 of his best photos taken on the journey. He had 11,000 from which to choose!
Have your photos been published in magazines?
"I've had photos placed in WIRED Magazine, ELLE Magazine, Picture Magazine and Blue, Travel & Adventure Magazine - just to name a few."
Have you received any awards?
"In 2010, I was honored by PLANET Magazine with an honorable mention in the Global Travel Photo Contest. In 2008, one of my photographs won the IRevelar photography juried show. They are my most recent honors."
Who has been most influential in your career?
"My mother would be the first. She's an artist and will always be my greatest teacher of art since day one. In addition to her, visual artists like Storm Thorgerson, Richard Misrach, Andreas Gursky, Hiroshi Sugimoto have been very influential in my work. However my greatest influence has always been instrumental music and cinema. I've always been inspired by the countless parallels between sound and image. In cinema, the narrative and boundless imagery never ceases to bring out visions in me and my photography."