Portraits of Place in Antarctica

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上的科学研究计划。这个项目有可能让广大观众欣赏南极科学史，以及与当代科学基础设施的对比，使科学成为可能。艺术家的目标是在第一批科学探险家的历史小屋之间建立视觉联系-作为大陆上最早被占用的“科学结构”-以及目前的野外站和科学站，通过拍摄南极洲的建筑，并以时间顺序的方式呈现。摄影师将寻找代表不同时期的建筑物和结构，以展示随着时间的推移而发生的变化。他还希望记录各种建筑的功能是如何演变的，如何适应极端天气，人们如何塑造他们的生活和工作空间，并查看材料的细节以及它们如何抵御极端天气。其次，他希望访问该领域的科学家，他们与早期的科学家和探险家在同一地点工作。着眼于“100年前首次研究的地方正在进行的科学的连续性或不连续性。“这个建筑和档案记录将包括对麦默多站的全面了解，这是美国最大的南极研究站，捕捉这些设施的瞬间，这将对后代有价值。国家科学基金会提供美国南极计划在南极洲的活动，但不提供这项工作的资金。

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.