THE FIRE IN MY GUTS FR/ENG
« It may mean learning to find beauty in ordinary places, not just wonder in wild ones. It may mean treasuring places that are irremediably damaged, learning to prize what is neither pure nor natural, but just is the always imperfect joint product of human powers and the natural world. » Jedediah Purdy
“The world is collapsing”—here is a pessimistic cliché. Yet, it could easily summarize this book. In it, I am not trying to be optimistic but rather honest about how I feel.
The ruins are all around us, the ruins of humanity, of our hubris. My generation is growing up in a world in decay, where the societal model praised for so many years is beginning to crumble, where international relations are deteriorating. The veins of the earth deepen, the weakening stars call out to us, and the cold and fiery waters rage.
With this project, I aim to cast a different gaze on the world and the people around me. A collection of photographs about a nature scarred and marked by humanity, of gazes looking outward—toward the stars, the earth, the sea, the sky. Swept by winds and events, new faces come and go, carried through this turmoil by landscapes brimming with weight and energy.
The cycle of civilizations follows its course; ours moves toward its end. What will remain after we are gone?
« It may mean learning to find beauty in ordinary places, not just wonder in wild ones. It may mean treasuring places that are irremediably damaged, learning to prize what is neither pure nor natural, but just is the always imperfect joint product of human powers and the natural world. » Jedediah Purdy
“The world is collapsing”—here is a pessimistic cliché. Yet, it could easily summarize this book. In it, I am not trying to be optimistic but rather honest about how I feel.
The ruins are all around us, the ruins of humanity, of our hubris. My generation is growing up in a world in decay, where the societal model praised for so many years is beginning to crumble, where international relations are deteriorating. The veins of the earth deepen, the weakening stars call out to us, and the cold and fiery waters rage.
With this project, I aim to cast a different gaze on the world and the people around me. A collection of photographs about a nature scarred and marked by humanity, of gazes looking outward—toward the stars, the earth, the sea, the sky. Swept by winds and events, new faces come and go, carried through this turmoil by landscapes brimming with weight and energy.
The cycle of civilizations follows its course; ours moves toward its end. What will remain after we are gone?
Unique edition, 21x29,7cm, pigment print, drawing.
The fire in my guts, édition unique, Tallinn, Estonie, 2022.