This image was taken by Canon Ambassador Paolo Verzone during an expedition to measure record ice loss on the Foxfonna glacier in Svalbard, Norway. He accompanied Professor Andy Hodson, a glaciologist at the University Centre in Svalbard (UNIS), on the mission. Hodson says the ice cap suffered from a combination of the lowest snow accumulation ever observed – a consequence of a cold, dry winter – followed by the highest recorded summer melt. Taken on a Canon EOS R5 with a Canon RF 28-70mm F2L USM lens at 37mm, 1/320 sec, f/6.3 and ISO320. © Paolo Verzone
Italian photojournalist and Canon Ambassador Paolo Verzone is known for his long-term, award-winning documentary photo projects, which have been featured in many publications around the world.
The documentary photographer started making and developing images at the age of 14, when he would spend hours in his mother's home darkroom. A professional photographer herself, Paolo's mother often included him in her editing process, and soon he graduated from taking photos of his friends to more serious work, receiving his first portrait commission when he was 18. In the years since, Paolo's images have appeared in a wide range of respected publications, including National Geographic, Time, Newsweek, The Wall Street Journal, The Guardian, Le Monde and Vanity Fair.