| Summary: | Herbert Ponting and Frank Hurley were pioneers of Antarctic photography. During the expeditions of Terra Nova (1910-1913) and Endurance (1914-1916) tEvey created outstanding pictures. In their quest for the •perfect picture' they were obsessed and risked their lives. They used large depths Of fcuus and similar subjects to capture the beauty of Antarctica, Hurley's working conditions Wele more difficult and stressful, while Ponting's portraits show a higher degree of elaborateness. They had different attitudes towards the alteration of pictures. Hurley's understuding Of art and his business sense lesultcd in the creation of composites. while Ponting never changed a negative. Both were brilliant artists and influenced the way we remember the early explorers. Abstract: Herbert Ponting and Frank Hurley were pioneers of Antarctic photography. During the expeditions of Terra Nova (1910-1913) and Endurance (1914-1916) tEvey created outstanding pictures. In their quest for the •perfect picture' they were obsessed and risked their lives. They used large depths Of fcuus and similar subjects to capture the beauty of Antarctica, Hurley's working conditions Wele more difficult and stressful, while Ponting's portraits show a higher degree of elaborateness. They had different attitudes towards the alteration of pictures. Hurley's understuding Of art and his business sense lesultcd in the creation of composites. while Ponting never changed a negative. Both were brilliant artists and influenced the way we remember the early explorers.
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