Portraits of Place: Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station

阿蒙森-斯科特南极站的肖像是对南极站建筑、基础设施和景观的综合摄影研究。 这项详细的摄影研究的目的是增进人们对这个偏远地区和那里正在进行的科学研究的了解。该项目的重点是极地的科学硬件，它为我们的星球和宇宙提供了新的认识。 通过展示空间站的整体情况，然后捕捉空间站的细节，该项目将为公众提供一个了解在南极生活和工作的物理方面的窗口：不仅是天气、极端寒冷和居住在那里所需的基础设施，还有为各种重大科学项目部署的主要仪器以及操作和维护这些仪器的研究人员。 看到使科学成为可能的物理对象使科学变得更加具体，并说明了完成极地独有的研究所需的科学和工程的深度。 南极的摄影主题将包括望远镜和其他观测仪器、它们所在的建筑物以及它们周围的景观。这将包括直观地描述天文学、物理学、宇宙学和气候研究中使用的专用仪器，并捕捉它们作为物体的独特物理特性。将与项目科学家和研究人员合作，定期访问黑暗区域、清洁空气区域和安静区域的各个地点。 将努力直观地描述和强调空间站环境的偏远恶劣性质以及在那里工作和生存所需的基础设施和冗余系统。照片将通过多种媒体向公众开放，包括在南极洲期间接管《史密森尼杂志》的 Instagram feed 一周、在 popantarctica.wordpress.com 上发布博客文章、在两个网站 shaunoboylephoto.com 和 oboylephoto.com 上发布照片，以及 2020 年秋季在 Peary-MacMillan 北极博物馆举办的印刷品展览，包括向学生进行的演示。 此外，还计划出版一本书，记录这位摄影师访问所有三个美国南极计划 (USAP) 站的作品。 展览和演示将包括与科学仪器拍摄的图像或数据以及科学家的文字配对的照片。艺术与科学之间的这种融合有可能增强艺术作品，并在新的背景下呈现科学，强调科学的对象和工具、科学成果以及科学发生的独特地点之间的协同作用。阿蒙森-斯科特南极站的地点肖像是一个由 NSF 极地项目办公室支持的南极艺术家和作家项目。该奖项反映了 NSF 的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力价值和更广泛的影响进行评估，被认为值得支持审查标准。

Portraits of Place at Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station is a comprehensive photographic study of the station buildings, infrastructure and landscapes of the South Pole. The goal of this detailed photographic study is to advance knowledge about this remote location and the scientific research taking place there. The project's emphasis is on the scientific hardware at the Pole, which is providing new understanding of our planet and universe. By giving an overall picture of the station, and then capturing details of the station, this project will provide a window for the public to understand the physical aspects of being and working at the South Pole: not only the weather, the extreme cold, and the infrastructure required to live there, but the major instruments deployed for the various major science projects and the researchers who operate and maintain them. Seeing the physical objects that make the science possible makes the science more tangible and illustrates the depth of the science and engineering required to accomplish the research that is unique to the Pole. Photographic subjects at the South Pole will include the telescopes and other observational instruments, the buildings that house them, and the landscapes that surround them. This will include visually describing the specialized instruments used in astronomy, physics, cosmology and climate studies, and capturing their unique physical qualities as objects. Working with project scientists and researchers, scheduled visits will be made to photograph individual sites in the Dark Sector, Clean Air Sector, and Quiet Sector. An effort will be made to visually describe and emphasize the remote harsh nature of the environment of the station and the infrastructure and redundant systems required to work and survive there. Photographs will be available for public viewing through a number of media, including a takeover of the Smithsonian Magazine's Instagram feed for a week while in Antarctica, blog posts to popantarctica.wordpress.com, photographs posted to two websites, shaunoboylephoto.com and oboylephoto.com, and an exhibition of prints at the Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum in the fall of 2020 including presentations to students. In addition, a book is planned of the photographer's work from visits to all three U.S. Antarctic Program (USAP) stations. Exhibitions and presentations will include the photographs paired with images or data from the science instruments photographed along with the words of the scientists. This convergence between art and science has the potential to strengthen the artwork and presents the science in a new context, underlining the synergy between the objects and tools of science, the scientific results, and the unique place where the science takes place.Portraits of Place at Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station is an Antarctic Artists and Writers project supported by NSF's Office of Polar Programs.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.