Trees take center stage in my life. I feel a deep reverence for their unique nature as I create my images. For me, trees represent the connection between energy (air, light) and the material world (soil, earth). Each time I am working on the tree crowns, I take numerous single frames to be assembled later, paying great attention to every detail, thus deepening the encounter. Through this intimate “face-to-face†with the trees, I want to capture the primordial energy of these ancient living beings. I opted to position the treetops upside down in the final work – just as they are projected onto our retina initially. Reversed in that way, the images remind me of roots, medicinal illustrations of a human lung, a family tree or a symbolic “tree of lifeâ€, as they appear in ancient traditional weavings. My series On the Nature of Things is based on a visualization of the alchemical formula “Above is one with below, inside is one with outside, spirit is one with bodyâ€.
I am inspired by the idea that photographs create associations in the brain not merely based on optical information but rather that – similar to water – they store and release energy. I am particularly interested in the principle of polarity. Opposites make the reality as we know it. It is with the help of the basic fondamentals above and below, light and shadow or yin and yang that we are able to perceive the material world. I feel that photography is an excellent medium to shine a light on these concepts. I would like to invite to a new experience of what we usually take for granted
