Portraits of Place in Antarctica

美国国家科学基金会管理着美国南极计划，这是美国在最南端大陆的科学研究计划。这个项目有可能让广大读者了解南极科学史，以及与使科学成为可能的当代科学基础设施的对比。艺术家的目标是通过拍摄南极洲的建筑并按时间顺序呈现，在第一批科学探险家的历史小屋（作为大陆上最早被占领的“科学结构”）与当前的野外站和科学站之间建立视觉联系。摄影师将寻找代表不同时期的建筑和结构，以显示随时间的变化。他还希望记录各种建筑的功能如何演变，如何适应极端天气，人们如何塑造他们的生活和工作空间，并关注材料的细节以及它们如何承受极端天气。其次，他希望访问与早期科学家和探险家在同一地点工作的科学家。着眼于“在100年前首次研究的地方进行的科学的连续性或非连续性”。这个建筑和档案记录将包括对麦克默多站的全面观察，麦克默多站是美国最大的南极研究站，记录下这些设施的时刻，这将对后代有价值。美国国家科学基金会提供进入美国南极计划在南极洲的活动，但不为这项工作提供资金。

The National Science Foundation manages the U.S. Antarctic Program, the nation's program of scientific research on the southernmost continent. This project has the potential to create an appreciation in a wide audience of the history of science on the Antarctic and the contrast with contemporary scientific infrastructure that makes science possible.The artist's goal is to make a visual connection between the historic huts of the first scientific explorers--as the earliest occupied 'scientific structures' on the continent--and current field stations and science stations, by photographing the architecture of Antarctica and presenting it in a chronological way.The photographer will seek out buildings and structures which represent various time periods, to show the transitions over time. He also hopes to document how the functions of various buildings have evolved, how the extreme weather is accommodated, how people shape their living and work space, and look at details of materials and how they have withstood the extreme weather.Secondarily, he wishes to visit scientists in the field who are working in the same locations as the early scientists and explorers. With an eye to the "continuity, or discontinuity of the science being done in the places that were first studied 100 years ago."This architectural and archival record will include a comprehensive look at McMurdo Station, the nation's largest Antarctic research station, capturing the facilities as moment in time, which will have value for future generations.The National Science Foundation provides access to US Antarctic Program activities in Antarctica but does not provide funding for this work.