The insignificance of being

January 2011

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January 2011

One afternoon during a winter visit to Port Pegasus five of us decided to climb Bald Cone. As I approached the final section I noticed two of the party standing on the summit. To me they showed the insignificance of humans in that magnificent landscape so, despite the quickly failing light, I took a couple of shots. […]

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Ruth Soukoutou

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