Diana Cheren Nygren’s portfolio was the 2023 Rfotofolio Selection chosen by our juror Michael Kirchoff.
“I feel an awe in the face of magnificent landscapes. Humanity seems small and insignificant in contrast. There have been thirty-seven epochs in Earth’s history. We have been around for less than two. I have mounted scenes of human habitation behind acrylic, as if plastic walls can safely separate the things we do from impacting the natural world. I have affixed these scenes within sweeping landscapes. The constructed world behind the acrylic is protected, while the landscapes remain exposed and vulnerable. A continuity of line and color between these two parts hints at their interconnectedness. Images of the desert stand-in for what the majority of the land on our planet might look like as it continues to be shaped by rising temperatures.
I present these multi-layered images in hand-painted wooden frames, the image pushing beyond its edges, alluding to the next chapter in the planet’s history. In spite of human activity, the Earth continues to transform and reinvent itself. Its inhabitants cannot escape its permanence, and the power it has to shape their existence.
The Earth is not coming to an end, but as nature reinvents itself, can we adapt with it? Will we be part of that next chapter?” Diana Cheren Nygren
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