{"id":2444,"date":"2013-02-02T22:51:10","date_gmt":"2013-02-02T22:51:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.viggers.com\/roundtheworld\/?p=2444"},"modified":"2013-02-02T23:23:06","modified_gmt":"2013-02-02T23:23:06","slug":"lantarctistique","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.viggers.com\/roundtheworld\/2013\/02\/lantarctistique\/","title":{"rendered":"L\u2019Antarctistique"},"content":{"rendered":"<script type='text\/javascript'>_wpaudio.enc['wpaudio-69f9a96c7db29'] = '\\u0068\\u0074\\u0074\\u0070\\u003a\\u002f\\u002f\\u0077\\u0077\\u0077\\u002e\\u0076\\u0069\\u0067\\u0067\\u0065\\u0072\\u0073\\u002e\\u0063\\u006f\\u006d\\u002f\\u0072\\u006f\\u0075\\u006e\\u0064\\u0074\\u0068\\u0065\\u0077\\u006f\\u0072\\u006c\\u0064\\u002f\\u0073\\u006f\\u0075\\u006e\\u0064\\u0074\\u0072\\u0061\\u0063\\u006b\\u002f\\u006d\\u0079\\u006b\\u0069\\u006e\\u0067\\u0064\\u006f\\u006d\\u002e\\u006d\\u0070\\u0033';<\/script><a id='wpaudio-69f9a96c7db29' class='wpaudio wpaudio-nodl wpaudio-enc' href='#'>.......<\/a>\n<p>So, we have just been reborn from the bosom of the Southern Seas. [shrugs]. Like all true artistes, this trip for us was a performance, a microcosm of humanity. [takes a deep drag from a Gauloise]. Cast adrift in a cowardly steel bubble to find reflections of itself in the Icy Southern Ice. [exhales sulkily]. Only to return willingly to its own detritus after the initial shock has subsided. [Sells soul to Charles Saatchi; starts making formaldehyde sculptures of sliced up penguins].<\/p>\n<p>???<\/p>\n<p>Yup. You guessed it. Regular followers of the blog (Hello Mum!) will be familiar with our occasional photographic self-indulgences \u2013 odd silhouettes, overexposed shots, close ups of random objects. Well, in Antarctica the scenery was so strange that we (ok, actually more like <em>I<\/em>) allowed my clumsier inner digital artist full rein, taking large numbers of shots at strange angles, odd camera settings etc. All in the name of the &#8220;Artistique&#8221;. Oh yes. I was going to break deep new ground in terrible self-indulgent photography. It was going to be legendary. And I basically couldn&#8217;t resist the bad pun in the blog title.<\/p>\n<p>Well, I didn&#8217;t think to tell Lucy. We always edit our photographs \u2013 we had so many photographs of Antarctica that we ended up deleting about 60% of them. Somewhat unusually, however, we didn&#8217;t sit down and do this together. As a result, Lucy actually applied a base level of actual quality control \u2013 so destructive to my artistique creations \u2013 and I wasn&#8217;t there to protest, to stand up for, say, the beautiful out of focus shots of the sky etc.. Oops.<\/p>\n<p>All artists must suffer, however \u2013 perhaps the suffering itself is the art [ahem; slaps self round face; gets over it]<\/p>\n<p>Below are some of my creations which survived\u2026<\/p>\n\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 33%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-2444 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/www.viggers.com\/roundtheworld\/2013\/02\/lantarctistique\/mans-rusting-remnants-resting-on-ze-empty-beach\/'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/www.viggers.com\/roundtheworld\/wp-content\/uploads\/Mans-rusting-remnants-resting-on-ze-empty-beach-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Man&#039;s rusting remnants, resting on ze empty beach\" loading=\"lazy\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-2445\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-2445'>\n\t\t\t\tMan&#8217;s rusting remnants, resting on ze empty beach\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/www.viggers.com\/roundtheworld\/2013\/02\/lantarctistique\/ze-zodiac-she-leaves-nothing-but-watery-destruction-in-her-wake\/'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/www.viggers.com\/roundtheworld\/wp-content\/uploads\/Ze-zodiac-she-leaves-nothing-but-watery-destruction-in-her-wake-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Ze zodiac - she leaves nothing but watery destruction in her wake\" loading=\"lazy\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-2450\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-2450'>\n\t\t\t\tZe zodiac &#8211; she leaves nothing but watery destruction in her wake\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/www.viggers.com\/roundtheworld\/2013\/02\/lantarctistique\/ze-reflections-on-ze-polar-expedition-team-thees-ees-verrry-deep\/'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/www.viggers.com\/roundtheworld\/wp-content\/uploads\/Ze-reflections-on-ze-polar-expedition-team.-Thees-ees-verrry-deep-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Ze reflections on ze polar expedition team. Thees ees verrry deep\" loading=\"lazy\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-2449\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-2449'>\n\t\t\t\tZe reflections on ze polar expedition team. Thees ees verrry deep\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/www.viggers.com\/roundtheworld\/2013\/02\/lantarctistique\/ze-leopard-seal-she-is-so-verry-far-away-ze-zoom-lens-of-doom-he-does-not-intrude-on-her-solitude\/'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/www.viggers.com\/roundtheworld\/wp-content\/uploads\/Ze-Leopard-Seal-she-is-so-verry-far-away.-Ze-zoom-lens-of-doom-he-does-not-intrude-on-her-solitude-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Ze Leopard Seal - she is so verry far away. Ze zoom lens of doom he does not intrude on her solitude\" loading=\"lazy\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-2448\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-2448'>\n\t\t\t\tZe Leopard Seal &#8211; she is so verry far away. Ze zoom lens of doom he does not intrude on her solitude\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/www.viggers.com\/roundtheworld\/2013\/02\/lantarctistique\/ze-ice-bears-silent-testimony-to-its-seasons-meltings-past\/'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/www.viggers.com\/roundtheworld\/wp-content\/uploads\/Ze-ice-bears-silent-testimony-to-its-seasons-meltings-past-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Ze ice bears silent testimony to its seasons meltings past\" loading=\"lazy\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-2447\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-2447'>\n\t\t\t\tZe ice bears silent testimony to its seasons meltings past\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/www.viggers.com\/roundtheworld\/2013\/02\/lantarctistique\/why-does-ze-pengueen-cry-so-for-hees-lost-brothers-and-seesters\/'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/www.viggers.com\/roundtheworld\/wp-content\/uploads\/Why-does-ze-pengueen-cry-so.-For-hees-lost-brothers-and-seesters-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Why does ze pengueen cry so? For hees lost brothers and seesters\" loading=\"lazy\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-2446\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-2446'>\n\t\t\t\tWhy does ze pengueen cry so? For hees lost brothers and seesters\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>So, we have just been reborn from the bosom of the Southern Seas. [shrugs]. Like all true artistes, this trip for us was a performance, a microcosm of humanity. [takes a deep drag from a Gauloise]. 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