她拍摄的风景画代表了一种狂热的新殖民主义,在那里,人类从未接触过的野生景观的概念已经不复存在。通过摄影来解决这个问题,她试图质疑和更新景观的形象,从而使景观被视为人类与自然关系的见证,同时也伴随着全球高度工业化的景观转型。有地热发电厂、人造山和全新湖泊的人工景观——所有这些都是通过大幅面相机描绘的,这是一个缓慢而隆重的工作过程,照片呈现的细节和清晰度都很高。Presents Helene Schmitz’s photographic explorations of the power balance between man and nature – and what happens when it goes off kilter.
Helene Schmitz’s photographs aim to shed light on the relationship between ownership and exploitation of natural resources in the Nordic countries, a part of the world not usually associated with the term ‘colonialism’. Schmitz contends that the colonial project never came to an end – it only changed appearance. Globalization and contemporary technologies have instead allowed for a shift in the source of neo- colonialist projects, from nation-states to multinational corporations.
She has photographed landscapes that represent a fervent neo-colonialism where the notion of a wild landscape, untouched by humans, has ceased to exist. By addressing this through her photography, she has sought to question and renew the image of landscapes – thus allowing them to be viewed as testimonies of the human being’s relationship with nature concurrent with the global, highly industrialized transformation of landscapes. Artificial landscapes with geothermal powerplants, manmade mountains and brand new lakes – all depicted through a large format camera, a slow and ceremonious work process which renders photographs with high detail and sharpness.
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