SCIS student photographer and her journeys to the Poles
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Lisa Chen is a Grade 11 student at Shanghai Community International School who recently held a photography exhibition at Shanghai Hongqiao Contemporary Art Museum. We talked with her about her show and her extraordinary trips.
Q: How did you become interested in photography?
A: My family started traveling around the world when I was seven months old, which was the first time that I was on a plane. Whenever I saw interesting or beautiful views, they made me want to record them for some kind of collection. Also, another reason was because of my dad. He is crazy about photography, so he bought me my first camera when I was six. Since then I started to view the world as a photographer.
Q: What inspired you to take a trip to the North and South Pole? Who went with you?
A: The South Pole is a mysterious place that everyone yearns to go. On the trip to Africa, I met a Taiwanese who had traveled to Antarctica before, and he told me a lot of fantastic events that he had experienced. I had traveled to more than 40 countries, and I had traveled to the other six continents before I went to Antarctica. So there was a motivation to reach the seventh continent to have a nice ending before I start getting busy with college applications. I went to both Antarctica and the North Pole with my family.
Q: Tell us a little bit about the trip, how long it was and when you took it.
A: It was a nine-day trip to the South Pole and 13 days to the North Pole. Since the poles are too cold during winter, the poles are only available for tourism during summer. So I went to Antarctica when China is in winter, and I went to the North Pole when China is in summer, since they have opposite seasons.
Q: Can you tell us about the camera features/accessories you took with you in order to capture the amazing photos?
A: I have my common used camera and lens, which is Canon 6D with Ultrasonic 28-300mm lens. However if I am traveling to the places like Africa or the poles, I bring Ultrasonic 200-400mm & 600m lens+Extender 2x, because a safety distance rule exists, stating that humans have to obey the distance between human and animals. So bringing long-range zoom lenses is useful.
Q: Did you encounter any difficulties during the trip?
A: The tourism part of the North and South Pole are already well or fully developed, and everything is well arranged for travelers.
Q: What was your most memorable part of the trip?
A: One of the strong messages that I learned from both trips is that we have to protect the environment and protect the animals! The habitats of penguins and polar bears are getting smaller and smaller due to some direct and indirect influences of global warming. From the trip to Antarctica, the most memorable moment was when I was sitting on a rock and suddenly two penguins came close and started to run around me. One of the penguins bumped into me by accident. I was totally freaked out!
Q: What is your plan after you graduate? Do you plan on studying photography further?
A: I’m planning to apply to a school of design/art illustration, and study in the area of photography for studio.
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