Viewing Room #3 - Helene Schmitz
Helene Schmitz
Thinking like a Mountain 2017
Diasec mounted in walnut frame, Size 150 x 194 cm - Edition of 2 + 1 AP
Thinking like a Mountain
We have worked closely with one of Sweden's most successful art photographers, Helene Schmitz, for some years now. A primary concern in her practice is how the anthropocentric paradigm has shaped, ordered and exploited the natural world and its resources. Her most recent projects explore large-scale disturbances caused by humans on landscapes. Fotografiska New York chose Schmitz as one of the inaugural exhibitors when they opened their doors in September 2019.
In numerous projects, Helene explores the relationship between man and nature. Her works often portray states of imbalance or out-of-control situations. Her most recent exhibition 'Thinking Like a Mountain' presented a series of works on exploiting natural resources in Sweden and Iceland. The photographs are often at once both beautiful and menacing. Thinking Like a Mountain can be seen as a meditation on man's relation to nature - a global, highly industrialized and automated transformation of landscapes.
““I see photography as a way of dealing with time and transience – which is a fundamental theme in my images. The medium of photography also has an interesting connection to these concepts,” ”
STIL - SR
A conversation with Helene Schmitz from 6 to 16 minutes into the program. Photograph by Joakim Rolandsson
Helene Schmitz
The Reservoir 2017
Inkjet print on archival fine art paper - diasec mounted in walnut frame
Edition 4 + 1 AP - Image size 72 x 100 cm
Helene Schmitz
Aitik Copper and Ice 2017
Inkjet print on archival fine art paper - diasec mounted in walnut frame
Image size 116 x 150 cm - Edition 2 + 1 AP
Helene Schmitz
Aesthetics of Violence 2017
Inkjet print on archival fine art paper - diasec mounted in walnut frame
Image size 154 x 198 cm Edition of 2 + 1 AP
Helene Schmitz
Dreamland 2017
Inkjet print on archival fine art paper - diasec mounted in walnut frame
Image size 120 x 154 cm - Edition 2 + 1 AP
“”In Thinking Like a Mountain, I wanted to portray the violent transformation of landscapes in the northern regions of Sweden and Iceland in our time. In my life, I have experienced that the concept of wilderness, and virgin land untouched by humans, has disintegrated.
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Helene Schmitz - Mist Globe 2022 - Archival Pigment Print, Ø35 cm Courtesy WILLAS contemporary