There’s so much noise in this world. It prevents us from seeing, from being present.
I used to drive by this tree frequently, sometimes daily. It grew by an intersection of a busy road.
It still remains there but a big part of it has fallen and been removed. I think it must have been passed by millions of times, and probably hardly ever noticed.
Place for everything (2015), 1/8 + 3 AP, 60 x 90 cmElegance of a ditch (2017), 1/8 + 3 AP, 60 x 90 cmI am here (2018), AP 1/3 (8 + 3 AP), 60 x 90 cmWhen we didn’t waste our time waiting (2017), 1/8 + 3 AP, 90 x 60 cmNow you can see me (2016), AP 1/3 (8 + 3 AP),90 x 60 cmIt all has a worth (2015), 1/8 + 3 AP, 60 x 90 cmYou won’t get lost if you know yourself (2018), 1/8 + 3 AP, 60 x 90 cmTrust the process / All life above all (2021), 1/8 + 3 AP, 60 x 90 cm,
We look for beauty from vanishing untouched nature. We give value to nature with our eyes and seek for something breathtaking, something big, predefined beauty and value. The beauty of nature is all around us, even close by and unnoticeable, vanishing and fleeting. In nature, everything has its place, its own personality and its own story.
Elegance of a Ditch exhibition celebrates nature’s imperceptible beauty in ditches, roadsides, banks of ponds and wastelands. These burst with life, seizing the moment, and radiate life’s fleeting elegance. With my photographs I want to give my subjects a possibility to be seen.