honorable mention
Ramazan Kurt turkey
title
Biophilia
Throughout history, we have tried to define nature, shape the bond between us and position ourselves against nature. Although we have distanced ourselves from it today, we have never been completely disconnected from nature.
American psychoanalyst Erich Fromm, in his book The Anatomy of Human Destructiveness, published in 1973, states that we are innately interested in nature because of the genetic features that come from the evolutionary process. For this reason, sea, sky, forest, plants and animals have always attracted our attention.
Maybe because of this genetic feature, we feed animals in our sterile homes, grow various plants and do landscape works that give the appearance of artificial nature to our modern cities.
From looking at our self-created aesthetics today, most of us don't think enough about the world we live in or "what's going on under our feet".
Taking these otherworldly characters from my own backyard, which is abundant in everyday life but rarely noticable, that we may often be tempted to throw out the window or not realize it has been accidentally crushed, I photographed them as a wonderful reminder of how miraculous the mysteries of the natural world are at all scales.
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entry description
How exactly is our relationship with nature?Throughout history, we have tried to define nature, shape the bond between us and position ourselves against nature. Although we have distanced ourselves from it today, we have never been completely disconnected from nature.
American psychoanalyst Erich Fromm, in his book The Anatomy of Human Destructiveness, published in 1973, states that we are innately interested in nature because of the genetic features that come from the evolutionary process. For this reason, sea, sky, forest, plants and animals have always attracted our attention.
Maybe because of this genetic feature, we feed animals in our sterile homes, grow various plants and do landscape works that give the appearance of artificial nature to our modern cities.
From looking at our self-created aesthetics today, most of us don't think enough about the world we live in or "what's going on under our feet".
Taking these otherworldly characters from my own backyard, which is abundant in everyday life but rarely noticable, that we may often be tempted to throw out the window or not realize it has been accidentally crushed, I photographed them as a wonderful reminder of how miraculous the mysteries of the natural world are at all scales.
back to gallery
