Fotospesial
Menneskets spor i naturen
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Vi har presentert Helene Schmitz her på Harvest tidligere - da hun var aktuell med utstillingen Sunken Gardens.
Schmitz er en av Sveriges mest vellykkede kunstfotografer. Hun er interessert i forholdet mellom natur og mennesket. Hennes arbeid presenterer ofte en tilstand av ubalanse eller situasjoner utenfor kontroll. Utstillingen Thinking Like a Mountain presenterer en serie nye verk, hvor Schmitz’s viser utvinning av naturressurser i Sverige og Island. Fotografiene er ofte både vakre og truende på en gang. Å tenke som et fjell kan ses som meditasjoner over menneskets forhold til naturen - en global, industriell og automatisert landskaps-forvandling.
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© Helene Schmitz - Playground
![](https://harvestmag.imgix.net/images/cHelene-Schmitz_Evening-Landscape2017.jpeg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=clip&fm=jpg&q=80&sharp=10&w=400&s=aebf19c15fd42212c2b09cedd1a1b488 400w, https://harvestmag.imgix.net/images/cHelene-Schmitz_Evening-Landscape2017.jpeg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=clip&fm=jpg&q=80&sharp=10&w=650&s=71896e9a544bbad3ccec20ea7b45cc1a 650w, https://harvestmag.imgix.net/images/cHelene-Schmitz_Evening-Landscape2017.jpeg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=clip&fm=jpg&q=80&sharp=10&w=900&s=f44609dfc2a577c6327f0b734d8f0e45 900w, https://harvestmag.imgix.net/images/cHelene-Schmitz_Evening-Landscape2017.jpeg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=clip&fm=jpg&q=80&sharp=10&w=1150&s=d77517bcd6a9a7da3122702c56942899 1150w, https://harvestmag.imgix.net/images/cHelene-Schmitz_Evening-Landscape2017.jpeg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=clip&fm=jpg&q=80&sharp=10&w=1400&s=140fcce7ebca2e38973af8435644ab8a 1400w, https://harvestmag.imgix.net/images/cHelene-Schmitz_Evening-Landscape2017.jpeg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=clip&fm=jpg&q=80&sharp=10&w=1650&s=a406588fc081630e8164c52cc2676e58 1650w, https://harvestmag.imgix.net/images/cHelene-Schmitz_Evening-Landscape2017.jpeg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=clip&fm=jpg&q=80&sharp=10&w=1800&s=42ba8bec560c9ec65b51a641422e7e31 1800w)
© Helene Schmitz - Evening Landscape
![](https://harvestmag.imgix.net/images/cHelene-Schmitz_Aesthetics-of-Violence.jpeg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=clip&fm=jpg&q=80&sharp=10&w=400&s=5cb49d6320d6dc84f4627896ef883070 400w, https://harvestmag.imgix.net/images/cHelene-Schmitz_Aesthetics-of-Violence.jpeg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=clip&fm=jpg&q=80&sharp=10&w=650&s=606f4a5cbbebbed39dbabdbf045a155a 650w, https://harvestmag.imgix.net/images/cHelene-Schmitz_Aesthetics-of-Violence.jpeg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=clip&fm=jpg&q=80&sharp=10&w=900&s=70879a25b98bed477000ad8577dba7b4 900w, https://harvestmag.imgix.net/images/cHelene-Schmitz_Aesthetics-of-Violence.jpeg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=clip&fm=jpg&q=80&sharp=10&w=1150&s=d5859ffe66530dc24095cd76a8427e26 1150w, https://harvestmag.imgix.net/images/cHelene-Schmitz_Aesthetics-of-Violence.jpeg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=clip&fm=jpg&q=80&sharp=10&w=1400&s=9dccaf2419da82b1e7c686c48ba2892b 1400w, https://harvestmag.imgix.net/images/cHelene-Schmitz_Aesthetics-of-Violence.jpeg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=clip&fm=jpg&q=80&sharp=10&w=1650&s=bf3411e16f8badf2e4dadfbc706ada0f 1650w, https://harvestmag.imgix.net/images/cHelene-Schmitz_Aesthetics-of-Violence.jpeg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=clip&fm=jpg&q=80&sharp=10&w=1800&s=97948826a546285792e0b4a3d2e2535c 1800w)
© Helene Schmitz - Aesthetics of Violence
– Dette prosjektet handler om dagens voldelige forvandling av naturen i utkanten av Nord-Europa. Utstillingen berører ideen om Norden som en siste utpost - og drømmen om en villmark uberørt av mennesker. Jeg har valgt fire former for utvinning av naturressurser; mineraler, vannkraft, skog og varme kilder. Utvinningen av disse naturressursene er et eksempel på hvordan menneskelig tilstedeværelse i økende grad manifesteres i landskapet. Utvinnings-stedene ligger ofte langt fra større byer i det vi kaller periferien, sier Helene Schmitz.
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© Helene Schmitz - The Copper Mine
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© Helene Schmitz - Aitik Copper and Ice
Tittelen Thinking Like a Mountain refererer til den innflytelsesrike amerikanske naturfilosofen Aldo Leopold (1887-1948). En av hans tanker var at når man trekker ut et enkelt element fra naturen, har det enorme konsekvenser for hele det økologiske systemet.
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© Helene Schmitz - The Reservoir
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© Helene Schmitz - Blue Lagoon
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© Helene Schmitz - Thinking Like A Mountain