honorable mention
Matjaz Krivic slovenia
title
Earth Temples
Into the world's silent spaces
When was the last time you heard silence? Total and utter silence – not only in your surroundings – but also within. That stuff is hard to come by these days. And for the past 200 years, since the beginning of the industrial revolution, it' just become harder and harder, every day.
For the past two centuries we have manifested our victory in the battle against nature by surrounding ourselves with more and more machines. Devices doing our jobs, getting us around effortlessly. Gadgets we can't leave home without. Buzzing and ringing, flashing and roaring to control and shape our environment into something easier, something smoother, something more efficient and comfortable.
We are now in control.
But by controlling nature we have also removed ourselves from the forces running deep within us and everything living.
Today, half the world's population lives in cities. We are surrounded by increasing noise, rising stress levels, more and more communication. Faster and faster. We survive by being several places at once – multitasking is the demanded norm. Motion and pace over stillness and peace.
And spare time doesn't come cheap. In fact we use a good portion of it spending money. Shopping being one of our culture's favorite past times. And no wonder: a common notion is that consumerism feeds identity. We become what we buy. Shop shelves are filled with alluring products, none of them revealing much of their origins.
We encounter nature only when it's neatly packed, uniformly presented and comfortably removed from its origins. Removed from dirt. Soil. Earth. Ourselves.
When was the last time you felt dirt beneath your feet?
Recently he has joined photo agency Getty Images.
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entry description
EARTH TEMPLESInto the world's silent spaces
When was the last time you heard silence? Total and utter silence – not only in your surroundings – but also within. That stuff is hard to come by these days. And for the past 200 years, since the beginning of the industrial revolution, it' just become harder and harder, every day.
For the past two centuries we have manifested our victory in the battle against nature by surrounding ourselves with more and more machines. Devices doing our jobs, getting us around effortlessly. Gadgets we can't leave home without. Buzzing and ringing, flashing and roaring to control and shape our environment into something easier, something smoother, something more efficient and comfortable.
We are now in control.
But by controlling nature we have also removed ourselves from the forces running deep within us and everything living.
Today, half the world's population lives in cities. We are surrounded by increasing noise, rising stress levels, more and more communication. Faster and faster. We survive by being several places at once – multitasking is the demanded norm. Motion and pace over stillness and peace.
And spare time doesn't come cheap. In fact we use a good portion of it spending money. Shopping being one of our culture's favorite past times. And no wonder: a common notion is that consumerism feeds identity. We become what we buy. Shop shelves are filled with alluring products, none of them revealing much of their origins.
We encounter nature only when it's neatly packed, uniformly presented and comfortably removed from its origins. Removed from dirt. Soil. Earth. Ourselves.
When was the last time you felt dirt beneath your feet?
about the photographer
MATJAŽ KRIVIC is a globe-trotting photographer specializing in capturing the personality and grandeur of indigenous people and places. For 15 years he has covered the face of the earth in his intense, personal and aesthetically moving style that has won him several prestigious awards. He has made the road his home and most of the time you can find him traveling with his camera somewhere between Sahara and Himalaya.Recently he has joined photo agency Getty Images.
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