Black Nature

For the series I chose landscapes that are beautiful and simple, yet not quiet comforting, the scenes are dark, cloudy and lonely. A happy picture where everything is in it's right place is boring, relaxing maybe, i don't care for that. When an image is unsettling and one does not feel completely comfortable it's when something, an emotion perhaps, arises. I find unanswered questions much more intriguing, and I only hope my work to be seen as such thing. When people think about landscape photography they think about Ansel Adams or Edward Weston, so do I. But the kind of photographs that interest me the most are the obscure and dark ones, like the work of Daido Moriyama or Masahisa Fukase, I loved to own Karasu. So when I am in the field I make use of the technique the great Ansel Adams has taught us, but i try to visualise the final image as if Daido or Masahisa were behind the lens. I find myself in the work of these artists and I borrow what I can, as the great Jim Jarmusch said: “Nothing is original. Steal from anywhere that resonates with inspiration or fuels your imagination. Devour old films, new films, music, books, paintings, photographs, poems, dreams, random conversations, architecture, bridges, street signs, trees, clouds, bodies of water, light and shadows. Select only things to steal from that speak directly to your soul. If you do this, your work (and theft) will be authentic. Authenticity is invaluable; originality is non-existent. And don’t bother concealing your thievery - celebrate it if you feel like it. In any case, always remember what Jean-Luc Godard said: “It’s not where you take things from - it’s where you take them to." For more information visit www.noanns.com or contact me at fotografia@noanns.com.