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Photo essays Issue 07 · Autumn 2026 1 min read

Notes on a glacier wall

A week below a north face, photographing the same wall at every hour it was light.

By Jun Sato

A glaciated mountain wall above a dry rocky slope under a clear blue sky

Below the wall the slope is dry stones and thin grass. Above it is ice that has not melted in a thousand years. The camp sat on the line between them.

A glaciated mountain wall above a dry rocky slope under a clear blue sky
Morning: the wall in full sun from six until eleven.

I photographed the wall at every hour of light for a week. The pictures that worked were the dull ones, when cloud flattened the ice and you could see its structure.

Rocks and sand at low tide under a cloudy sky as the sun sets
A month later, at sea level: the same flat light over rocks.

Jun Sato

Architect and photographer. Timber, weather and old houses.

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