Exhibition, Simon Harsent: Melt, Australian Centre for Photography, Sydney
Saturday 28 November – Sunday 13 December
Tue – Fri: 12.00 – 7.00pm, Sat & Sun 10.00am – 6.00pm
Gallery 3
Simon Harsent’s Melt begins with images of massive icebergs as they enter Greenland’s Disco Bay from the Ilulissat Icefjord and ends off the East coast of Newfoundland. This is an area known as Iceberg Alley and is where, in 1912, the Titanic met its fate. By the time they reach Newfoundland the icebergs have travelled hundreds of miles, and have been so battered that they are little more than a broken spectre of their former selves.
Seeing them first in their austere grandeur and then, later, dissolving into the warm waters of the Gulf Stream, is both awe-inspiring and humbling: a metamorphosis that endows each iceberg with a lifespan, a story and a personality.
Simon Harsent was born in England and currently divides his time between Australia and the USA. He has exhibited internationally and has received a number of prestigious awards for his photographic work.