Part of a series of images photographed from a light aircraft of the snow-covered glacial landscapes of the South Island, New Zealand. This image shows the blue-grey waters of the braided Cass River flowing into Lake Tekapo from the high mountains of the Aoraki/Mount Cook National Park. The blue colour is due to fine silt particles, or glacial flour, in the water results from glacial erosion. The silt is so fine it does not settle to the bottom quickly, remaining in suspension in the lake water and defracts light to create different shades of colour in the water.
Glacial blue 3 Ed. 1 of 10
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Medium | Photograph, Paper (Requires Framing) |
Dimensions | 99cm (W) x 110cm (H) x 0.1cm (D) |
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Artist Bio
Stuart Chape is an award-winning photographer with stand-alone and contributory exhibitions in New York, Florida, Sydney, Brisbane, Fremantle, Mexico City, Paris, Kuala Lumpur, Marrakech, Glasgow and Kew Gardens, London. While he specialises in aerial landscapes photographed from helicopters and light aircraft, portraits and photography of documentary and social issues form an important part of his portfolio. His awards include: 1839 Awards New York Color Photography Gold Award Landscapes in 2025; World Top 10 Landscape Photographers Gold Award 2021; winner International Garden Photographer of the Year Plants and Planet Category 2021; first prize winner in the Australian Geographic ANZANG Nature Photographer of the Year Impact Category (and Runner Up - Wilderness Category); winner of the Zoological Society of London Photography Prize; winner Proify Photography Award; winner Silver Camera International Award in the Federation of European Professional Photographers Photographer of the Year Awards. He is a two-times exhibited finalist in the Bowness Photography Prize, Monash Gallery of Art; exhibited finalist in the Clifton Art Award and the Brisbane Art Prize, shortlisted and exhibited in the Fremantle Portrait Prize, highly commended in the Kuala Lumpur Portrait Prize, semi-finalist in the Moran Photographic Award and Head-On Photo Festival and shortlisted in Sony World Photography Awards Landscape Category 2022.