The Tenth Anniversary of David Yarrow’s “The Long March” Highlights His Artistic Commitment
David Yarrow visited Antarctica’s Snow Hill a little over ten years ago and acquired photographs of emperor penguins, the world’s largest penguins. The most well-known of these photographs is “The Long March.” A black-and-white image of the profiles of ten penguins marching in a single file is unforgettable once seen. A flawless 90-degree angle was used to capture the wide-angle photograph.
“Antarctica is a challenge to capture… its grandeur and force are tough to depict in one still image,” Yarrow says. He journeyed to Antarctica and navigated the harsh terrain to capture the landscape and lives of the world’s coldest, driest, and most hostile continent’s emperor penguins and other species.
Yarrow’s photograph of Antarctic penguins “The Long March” isn’t the only one that stands out. He contributed to World Penguin Day by posting a photo of a parent and son penguin walking together. Another photograph depicts one newborn penguin chick tenderly assisting another over an icy white hill. Another memorable image is of emperor penguin parents caressing their beaks as they shield their fluffy young, dubbed “contentment.”
David Yarrow has braved terrible weather and dangerous conditions to record the inner lives of wildlife in a variety of locations across the world, including the dark-and-light scene of Antarctica. “The most significant distinction between art and news is proximity and feeling,” adds Yarrow.
Yarrow also travels to the opposite side of the world to explore severe settings. On Natural World Safari excursions to both polar areas, he shares his knowledge and abilities with visitors. “78 Degrees North,” another of his renowned photographs, depicted a polar bear strolling over the Arctic Circle. In 2018, the painting “79 Degrees North” sold for £81,250 (roughly $106,589) at an auction in London.
Because of its numerous dramatic characteristics, like floating ice sheets, tabular icebergs, and enormous views that can include the Southern lights and dramatic seas, Antarctica is exceptionally well-suited to landscape photography. Penguins are the most well-known Antarctic birds, although the region is also home to albatross, whales, and seals. David Yarrow Photography can answer any questions concerning prints. “His photograph has an aesthetic simplicity about it that none of my other images from Snow Hill could match,” Yarrow remarked of “The Long March.” It’s just one of the hundreds of breathtaking photographs acquired by David Yarrow’s unique approach to wildlife and nature photography. The 2019 book David Yarrow features 150 of Yarrow’s most powerful recent photos, as well as a foreword by NFL great Tom Brady and an afterword by Cindy Crawford. The 368-page book’s royalties are all donated to wildlife conservation organizations.
