To Paradise
This series is about our longing for Paradise. These edenic images are symbols for that state of mind, that feeling of being whole and connected, that we are striving for.
My paradise is a dark forest, a place that instead of causing us fear, feels safe and intimate, prioritizing a sense of participation over observation; shifting the perspective towards the suppressed feminine archetype in an attempt to restore balance:
Imagine the moonlight rendering the world into being.
Its Haiku-like visual poetry is aiming to provide many more possibilities for viewers to read and interpret the images. What most touches their souls.
Paradise connotes “a walled garden of delight“. Joseph Campbell describes the garden of Eden as “a landscape of the soul within us“ – a place of non-duality and unity. With this work I seek to invite to this transcendent blissful mystical state.
There is a wonderful interview on Lenscratch.
Furthermore, I created a sustainable 100% handmade artist photobook from this series.
I am very honored images from this series are featured in ArtDoc Magazine, exhibited at der Greiff x Kammerspiele in Munich, published within Fresh Eyes Talent Book, Shots Magazine, Hand Magazine and awarded at the Julia Margaret Cameron Awards as well as at the Black&White Spider Awards twice.