Pat & Rosemarie Keough - Photographers, Authors, Designers, Publishers

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Pat & Rosemarie Keough
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Photographers, Authors, Designers, Publishers

Pat & Rosemarie Keough

Visually our world was reduced to the white expanse of the frozen plateau and the vast, blue vault of the austral sky. Together these two simple elements, snow and sky, utterly dwarfed our small party. We keenly felt the immensity of Antarctica and also a certain vulnerability. We strayed not far from the familiarity and safety of our temporary camp, acutely aware that the nearby wall of ice fog could roll in or a blinding blizzard spring up, bringing with it bitter wind chill. In such situations people have perished when shelter only meters away could not be found.

Antarctica is a harsh land of extremes … and of superlatives. It is the coldest and the windiest of the seven continents, as well as the most isolated. Antarctica is the highest of all continents with an average elevation over triple that of North America. Antarctica is also a desert; and although it is the driest of continents, Antarctica’s great polar ice cap smothers nearly the entire landscape locking 70 percent of the world’s freshwater in ice and snow. The very whiteness of this continent reﬂects the sun’s warming rays, thus perpetuating its frozen state in spite of the fact that in summer Antarctica is the sunniest place on earth.

We have had the privilege of spending two six-month periods in the Antarctic, November through April, taking the photographs for our book ANTARCTICA. The adventure of being in Antarctica is one where sublime highlights become the daily norm. Surprising as it may seem, the ‘white continent’ is a place of magniﬁcent color, which changes throughout the day at the whim of the weather and with the angle of the sun. Myriad shades of pink, purple, blue, gold and even green are indeed reality. Antarctica’s profound beauty and solitude constantly set our artistic senses to a ﬁne tune, almost quivering. Through to this day, the enormity of the pristine polar world captivates and humbles us, harkening as it does to the ice ages of eons past. We are in wonder of the tenacity of life which thrives along the edge of the ice and sea – the penguins, seals, whales, and other fauna. As well, we have gained great respect for the explorers and exploiters whose forlorn century-old huts and grave markers remain as frozen time capsules, poignant memorials to a bygone age. Our photographs, many of which we composed together using one camera on one tripod, reflect our shared emotional response to what could be easily be construed as overwhelming stimulus.


		Gentoo penguins and memorial cross, Petermann Island, Antarctica (2000) Penguins 28 x 40 Crystal Archive Photograph Ltd. Edition Available


		Emperor penguin, upper breast feathers, Antarctica (2000) Penguins 28 x 40 Crystal Archive Photograph Ltd. Edition Available

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