Tommy Kwak

MELT is a series of aerial photographs by New York-based photographer Tommy Kwak, featuring majestic icebergs off the coast of Disko Island, Greenland. This location, part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site Ilulissat Icefjord, is home to one of the world's fastest-moving glaciers, which calves 20 billion tons of icebergs annually.
 

To capture these images, Tommy chartered a small, nimble boat to navigate close to specific icebergs. Using a drone, sometimes flying as high as 300 feet, he photographed the icebergs from above, revealing unexpected contours and patterns that transformed the ice into graphic shapes.
 

The photographs were then digitally edited with generative tools, reducing the icebergs into smaller and smaller disintegrating forms to simulate the melting effects of climate change. Presented in a grid format, the sequences highlight both the inherent beauty of the icebergs and the stark reality of climate devastation.