Weekly Inspiration - LS X - Luca Tombolini
Luca Tombolini completed classical studies and then a degree in Sciences of Communication, with a major on visual rhetoric in Cinema in 2005. While studying he self taught about large format photography. His works present the dynamic of the landscape, the snow mountain, reef, desert, glacier and rock, in an unique abstract way. His photograph eliminates all the vital signs and brings the audience back to the starting point of the universe.
In this tenth chapter of my bigger project about landscape studies, I visited United States’s west. Seeking as usual a connection with the land I found a clashing difference between the majesty and spirituality of the sceneries and the values of contemporary society. Looking back at historic facts it was easy to see how little the newcomers had embraced the land’s spirituality. The questions raised aren’t just a local culture matter but they made me think even more about which relationship should modern man adopt with the place that generated himself, through the mystery of origin of Life and the still-blank page that the understanding of the Cosmos is, in order not just to address environmental problems but ultimately to save himself by giving a meaning to his own existence.
Alternatively to mainstream contemporary culture, travelling and getting rid of our social mask brings our mind closer to ancestral times, when man could only rely on his Unconscious to cope with phenomena. Modern times and the scientific method now overshadowed a time when myths and spiritual insight were leading. What is the result of this condition? Knowledge or alienation from the Self? Are modern society comforts and its new values tearing us away from our bond with Nature and the understanding of life cycles? How valuable are then all inner-referring society cultural structures if they are just held together by values oblivious of their origin?
My work consist of photographing landscapes during long solo trips in remote areas. Taking a long time to travel is necessary to revert to a more essential state of mind. Once there, facing basic life needs helps to slowly drift back to our primeval link with Nature, from which we generated. I rely rather unconsciously on my vision and emotions while making the necessary choices about what to photograph and how; this, along with the use of the large format medium makes the whole process extremely slow and meditative.
I noticed through the years that i’m greatly attracted by pureness and simplicity. What i’m seeking into the landscape then becomes a mirror of what my Self might be. To this extent, landscapes are a visual representation of a part of my being, and my work became a mean on the path of my individuation process.
In this tenth chapter of my bigger project about landscape studies, I visited United States’s west. Seeking as usual a connection with the land I found a clashing difference between the majesty and spirituality of the sceneries and the values of contemporary society. Looking back at historic facts it was easy to see how little the newcomers had embraced the land’s spirituality. The questions raised aren’t just a local culture matter but they made me think even more about which relationship should modern man adopt with the place that generated himself, through the mystery of origin of Life and the still-blank page that the understanding of the Cosmos is, in order not just to address environmental problems but ultimately to save himself by giving a meaning to his own existence.
Alternatively to mainstream contemporary culture, travelling and getting rid of our social mask brings our mind closer to ancestral times, when man could only rely on his Unconscious to cope with phenomena. Modern times and the scientific method now overshadowed a time when myths and spiritual insight were leading. What is the result of this condition? Knowledge or alienation from the Self? Are modern society comforts and its new values tearing us away from our bond with Nature and the understanding of life cycles? How valuable are then all inner-referring society cultural structures if they are just held together by values oblivious of their origin?
My work consist of photographing landscapes during long solo trips in remote areas. Taking a long time to travel is necessary to revert to a more essential state of mind. Once there, facing basic life needs helps to slowly drift back to our primeval link with Nature, from which we generated. I rely rather unconsciously on my vision and emotions while making the necessary choices about what to photograph and how; this, along with the use of the large format medium makes the whole process extremely slow and meditative.
I noticed through the years that i’m greatly attracted by pureness and simplicity. What i’m seeking into the landscape then becomes a mirror of what my Self might be. To this extent, landscapes are a visual representation of a part of my being, and my work became a mean on the path of my individuation process.
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