Standard: 40" x 24"

Large: 60" x 36"

Prints are available through William's represented galleries, McKay Williamson (London) & ARTITLEDcontemporary (Netherlands)

The Arctic is, without doubt, the most dramatic of all the landscapes William gets to work in. Shear cliffs end in jet black seas, glaciers span so far the start and end cannot be captured in a single image and ice stretches as far as the eye can see. Amongst all this though is the real reason William is here, polar bears.

On his constant quest to photograph the world’s most dynamic species, few are as hard to find as polar bears on Svalbard. Some can spend days or weeks here and never catch a glimpse of one. Luck must truly be on your side.

After many hours scanning horizons through binoculars, hearing one of the crew whisper ‘bear’ through their scopes raises adrenaline and hopes of all on board the small ship William is sailing on.

Just to see one is a privilege but to be able to photograph them from eye level goes further than this. Determined to show not just the animal but also it’s environment William framed the bear against the sloping, snow covered ridge line behind it, but still keeping the bear big enough in shot to convey the sheer size of this enormous male, its paws braced as if ready to enter the water. It was the third year in a row William had been in the Arctic looking for bears and by far the most successful, bringing proof to the well known quote, “The harder I try the luckier I get”.