Between heaven and earth

“Between heaven and earth” traces the extraordinary relationship between humans and bees. Over a bee year I have accompanied beekeepers in their work. During each visit I have observed how a special state of mind occurs when they were in contact with their bee colonies and how affectionate they talked about bees. There are a lot of exciting subjects in this matter. What I find especially fascinating are the myths involving bees. For most of the earlier cultures bees were considered sacred beings, messengers between this world and the next, between heaven and earth, between the human and divine dimension, which can travel through the gates for other worlds. They embodied in many cases immortality, rebirth and fertility. Their contribution for the nature world is in nothing different to those believes: as winged insemination assistants they create a connection between heaven and earth. Thus I have created portraits that trace the intimacy of beekeepers and this mythological dimension.