T H E P R E M I E R E X H I B I T I O N P O R T F O L I O
13 April to 11 August 2013
Austr alian National Maritime Museum Darling Harbour, sydney,
Austr alia E L Y S I U M
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17 Feb 2010 Amos Nachoum @ Cuverville Island, Antarctica
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“Elysium Epic is about extraordinary explorers using advanced imaging technologies to document the last wilderness on our planet.”
Michael AW
6 THE PREMIER EXHIBItION PORtFOLIO E L Y S I U M In February 2010, a team of 57 explorers inspired by the heroic spirit of Sir Ernest Shackleton, set off on an expedition to document photographically the world’s most precious wilderness - Antarctica. The route of the expedition loosely followed the footsteps of Shackleton’s legendary Endurance expedition of 1914. The primary objective of this photographic epic was to capture the splendour and fragility of the Antarctic through the lenses of some of the world’s most celebrated wildlife image makers in a perspective that no one has ever seen before.
The Antarctic and Southern oceans are the engine rooms of this planet’s climate, critically important to maintaining all life on earth. But the Antarctic is now under severe threat: global warming caused by rising levels of greenhouse gases is causing the Antarctic ice cap and shelf to melt at an alarming rate.
Embargoed for two years, the finest of the 20,000 pictures captured in 2010 are now encapsulated into an exquisite limited edition fine art volume, and will be showcased in a premier exhibition as a tribute to Shackleton on the centennial anniversary of the 1914 Endurance expedition. We hope the images of Elysium Epic will inspire greater care for our oceans and preserve the pristine beauty of the Antarctic for generations to come.
Michael AW
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19 Feb 2010 Ernie Brooks @ Antarctic Sound, Antarctica
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“And if they should fail, then I will try again. Because I believe it is in our nature to explore, to reach out into the unknown. The only true failure would be not to explore at all.”
Sir Ernest Shackleton
24 Feb 2010 Ernie Brooks @ Cuverville Island, Antarctic Peninsula
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16 Feb 2010 Michael AW, Adélie penguins @ Petermann Island, Antarctica
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16 Feb 2010 Michael AW, Adélie penguins @ Petermann Island, Antarctica
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24 Feb 2010 Emory Kristof, Reindeer @ Fortuna Bay, South Georgia
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24 Feb 2010 Emory Kristof, Reindeer @ Fortuna Bay, South Georgia
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19 Feb 2010 Ernie Brooks @ Gourdin Island, Antarctica
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17 Feb 2010 Scott Portelli, Gentoo penguin @ Cuverville Island, Antarctica
16 THE PREMIER EXHIBItION PORtFOLIO E L Y S I U M Warmer air and Sea surface temperatures in the Antarctic reduce the amount of krill in the sea. As food becomes scarce, Chinstrap and Gentoo penguins have also decreased by as much as 30% to 66% in some colonies.
MICHAEL AW
17 Feb 2010 Steve Jones, Gentoo penguins @ Cuverville Island, Antarctica
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25 Feb 2010 David Doubilet, King penguins @ Salisbury Plain, South Georgia
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24 Feb 2010 Scott Portelli, King penguins @ Fortuna Bay, South Georgia
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19 Feb 2010 Wendy McIlroy, Gentoo penguin @ Gourdin Island, Antarctica
“For scientific leadership, give me Scott, for swift and efficient travel give me Amundsen. But when you are in a hopeless situation, when you are seeing no way out, get down on your knees and pray for Shackleton. The greatest leader that ever came on God’s earth, bar none.”
Sir Raymond Priestley, Nimrod Expedition
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24 Feb 2010 Davide Vezzaro, King penguin @ Fortuna Bay, South Georgia
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“I love you. I couldn’t go on without you, and that is the truth. But, I don’t know what to do.”
SIR ERNEST SHACKLETON
25 Feb 2010 Andreas Jaschek, King penguins @ Salisbury Plain, South Georgia
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15 Feb 2010 Andreas Jaschek, Gentoo penguins @ Danco Island, Antarctica
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22 Feb 2010 Michael AW, krill plankton @ South Georgia
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18 Feb 2010 David Doubilet, Limpet @ Cuverville Island, Antarctica
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15 Feb 2010 David Doubilet, anemone @ Danco Island, Antarctica
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20 Feb 2010 Michael AW, Antarctic fur seal @ Elephant Island, Antarctica
“And look right into the camera. That’s where the rest of the world is!
Straight into the lens, right here. Think of your wives, your sweethearts, your children, your grandchildren, your great-grandchildren! That’s where they are, behind there.”
frank hurley
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25 Feb 2010 David Doubilet, Elephant seals @ Salisbury Plain, South Georgia
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“Leopard seals are the supreme
Apex predators in the Antarctic; they are a health barometer of the world’s ecosystem.”
Michael AW
6 Mar 2010 Amos Nachoum, Leopard seal @ Astrolabe Island, Antarctica
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18 Feb 2010 Bartosz Strozynski, Leopard seal @ Astrolabe Island, Antarctica
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“The land looks like a fairytale.”
Roald Amundsen
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17 Feb 2010 Jorgen Rasmussen, Iceberg @ Paradise Harbour, Antarctica
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“We saw a wilderness that is still glorious; it has been radically altered since Shackleton’s time and it faces the prospect of still more dramatic change.”
Michael AW
18 Feb 2010 Michael AW, Leopard seal @ Astrolabe Island, Antarctica
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18 Feb 2010 Ed Dixon, Leopard seal @ Astrolabe Island, Antarctica
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“My job now is to make sure you all live. Every single one of you. To do that, I cannot afford to be sentimental. If I am, you will die - die frozen, die starving, die mad. I’ve seen it before; I do not intend to see it again.”
Sir Ernest Shackleton
40 THE PREMIER EXHIBItION PORtFOLIO E L Y S I U M aptured by some of the world’s most celebrated wildlife photographers, the book comprises the finest, curated from over 20,000 images. Only 1914 copies of this limited C edition will be released. This fine art production is printed using state-of-the-art techniques by Colourscan Singapore (reputed to produce books of superlative quality – two previous books printed for Ocean Geographic have won 2009 and 2012 Palme d’Or at the World Underwater Pictures Festival in France). Five archival quality ready-to-frame prints will be packaged with the box bound limited edition book at A$338 per copy. Classic case bound limited edition A$128. To order, email: [email protected]
Principal Photographers Michael AW : Ernie Brooks II : David Doubilet Jennifer Hayes : Amos Nachoum : Jenny E. Ross
Contributing Photographers Edward Dixon : Steve Jones : Andreas Jaschek : Jorgen Rasmussen Scott Portelli : Bartosz Strozynski : Davide Vezzaro
Supporting Photographers Carl Brandes : Emily Chan : Stephen Henshall : Kliment Kolosov : Brian Daly Virginia Fage : Martin Vavrek : Elizabeth Quat
executive producer Emory Kristof
Artist Wyland
Author Michael AW
Part of Elysium Epic sales will contribute to the Ocean Geographic Ocean Change Photographic Index (GOCPI) ‐ this index focuses on speciation, habitat and climate change images for education and research assessment.
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