Chris Bennett Submission

My work investigates issues of place, time and memory by exploring how the environment in which I live and its history guides my views and perceptions. By studying historical aspects of a region and employing philosophical aspects of the sublime and beauty in nature, I hope to inform my internal dialogue and address the ontological aspects of my relationship to the world, specifically the duality between the urban and the rural. The 10 images submitted are part of a larger series titled Selva Oscura. The phrase Selva Oscura draws its root from Dante’s Inferno. It metaphorically speaks to both those who find themselves on the unfamiliar path and more explicitly the nature of losing one’s way in place and time.