Rasel Mahmud

The Long South

Patagonia, January 2023

Ten days driving south through weather. Storms over the cordillera, then a day of blue sky, then the steppe, where the land gives up and the sky takes over. It ends at the glacier.

18 plates

Rain coming across the steppe.
1/18Rain coming across the steppe.
A fence and a passing shower.
2/18A fence and a passing shower.
Power lines in the rain.
3/18Power lines in the rain.
A log cabin under the cordillera.
4/18A log cabin under the cordillera.
A willow in the wind, two sheep underneath.
5/18A willow in the wind, two sheep underneath.
Storm light on the pines.
6/18Storm light on the pines.
The last sun on the ridge before the storm.
7/18The last sun on the ridge before the storm.
Rain and sun at once.
8/18Rain and sun at once.
The range in evening light.
9/18The range in evening light.

Then a day of blue sky, and the land turns to badlands.

A volcano across the badlands.
10/18A volcano across the badlands.
The road past a lake.
11/18The road past a lake.
The road toward the mesa.
12/18The road toward the mesa.
A guanaco crossing.
13/18A guanaco crossing.
Rheas by the roadside.
14/18Rheas by the roadside.
A white house and its poplars under the storm.
15/18A white house and its poplars under the storm.
The afternoon flight comes in over the mesa, El Calafate.
16/18The afternoon flight comes in over the mesa, El Calafate.
Wind on Lago Argentino.
17/18Wind on Lago Argentino.

Perito Moreno. You hear it before you see it.

The Perito Moreno glacier.
18/18The Perito Moreno glacier.