TITLE: Mountains of Antarctica

A series of images taken in Antarctica and the South Shetland Islands during a voyage with the sailing ship Bark Europa. – Even after two years apart, I‘m still not sure what really happened there: it was one of the most surreal and beautiful experiences of my life, albeit very exhausting on several levels. Antarctica is a place you must work for—you can‘t just hop on a plane that will fly you there in comfort. The trip with the sailing ship Bark Europa was definitely the right choice to also get a small glimpse of how the old explorers must have felt on their search for the white continent or the end of the world.

AUTHOR: Jan Erik Waider (Germany)

Jan Erik Waider is a visual artist and fine art photographer based in Hamburg. His focus is atmospheric and abstract landscape photography of the distant North.
Jan’s desire to explore remote and rarely seen places provides unique opportunities to shoot magnificent vistas and landscapes. His meticulous and well-planned approach to his projects immerses him in his surroundings.

These quiet mesmerizing moments of contemplation and reflection are what inspire Jan the most. These are the moments where he feels connected and “at home.” His photography is a way of preserving these fleeting memories.

Jan’s work should be seen as a visual journal. His photography gives us insight into his mind and imagination.