The photographs in this series are all about the scenery along the Rio Tinto in Spain.
We were drawn to the extraordinary patterns and textures created by the continuous natural and historical pollution caused by mining upstream, going back to the Roman era.
Due to this, the water is very acid and has an orange to red tint in the dry season, while the colorful deposits of minerals and metals in mud and on stones give the scenery an otherworldly look that resembles nothing we usually associate with landscapes that we are familiar with.
Crazy River V
Mixed Up World - Where water is air and air is land...
Crazy River II
Crazy River VII
Autumn in the cypress swamps of the Atchafalaya Basin in Texas and Louisiana brings out the most warm colors and soft textures of the leaves of the cypress trees and the Spanish moss. In the quiet of the bayous on a misty morning the reflections in the water of the swamps give a painterly feel to the scenery. All photographs were shot handheld from a floating canoe, which requires a bit of navigational and floating skills. And a lot of patience to proceed slowly, slowly as to avoid the emergence of disturbing ripples on the water surface.
Atchafalaya Autumn as a series was awarded Silver in the Nature Category in the Px3 Prix de la Photographie de Paris aka Paris Photo Awards 2020.
The series also received an Honorable Mention in the 14th Annual Pollux Awards in 2019, Category Landscape.
Kirkjufell III
Photos from the series ‘Earthscapes’ will be on display in a new exhibition at the Institute Verbeeten, Breda, from February 5th until end of July 2020. Open edition prints are available for sale in various formats and on a variety of materials. Institute Verbeeten is a renowned clinic for Radiation Oncology and Nuclear Medicine in the south of the Netherlands. During the exhibition, ten percent of the profits from all sales of the photos on display will go to the Verbeeten Fund, supporting clinical cancer research. If you are interested in purchasing any of the prints on high quality photo paper, aludibond or acryl, you are welcome to contact us through the contact form here.
So glad to announce that we have been awarded for multiple photo’s in the OneEyeland Landscape Photo Contest 2019 !
‘Polar Bear Siesta’ won a Silver Medal in the category Seas & Oceans.
‘POLAR BEAR SIESTA’ - SVALBARD 2016
‘Abstract-Seaweed’ won two Silver Medals in categories Seas & Oceans and also Abstract.
‘ABSTRACT - SEAWEED’ - CHINA 2018
On top of that Jo won the country Rank #1 for Belgium !
Furthermore we had other photo’s that made it as a Finalist in the following categories: Long Exposure, Seas & Oceans, Deserts, Rivers and Trees:
‘ICE JEWEL XVII’ - ICELAND 2015
‘STRAWBERRY FIELDS’ - IRAN 2018
‘CRAZY RIVER’ - SPAIN 2017
‘HUANGSHAN PINE TREE’ - CHINA 2018
‘Cloud Nine’ featured on the flyer for the world première of COLD MOUNTAIN, a composition by Luc De Winter for soprano and organ, on Saturday November 16th 2019 in the Church of Sint-Joris in Antwerp. For more information: checkout www.lucdewinter.com !
‘CLOUD NINE’ - CHINA 2018
New exhibition coming up ! Happy to be back at Rosenobel, Antwerp for a second exhibition ! This time some of our landscapes from the series ‘Earth’ will be on display from October 3rd until November 26th 2019. Again prints are available for purchase on print as well as on alu dibond.
‘CORMORANT FISHERMAN’ - CHINA 2018
Very happy to announce that one of our China images has won a Silver Medal in the OneEyeland Landscape 2018 competition, in the category ‘Rivers’.
The photograph was made during early morning hours on an overcast day. This fisherman was out on the Li River in the Guilin area in Guangxi Province, south east China. In the old days they used to fish with the help of their trained and captive cormorants. Nowadays? there is not much fish left in the river due to all sorts of reasons: more modern fishing techniques and perhaps also pollution amongst others…
The cracked dry soil in the riverbed of the Rio Tinto is very colorful. The river winds all the way down from the mining area through Huelva province until it reaches the Andalusian coast in south of Spain.
The acidic water of the Rio Tinto drains rocks full of sulfide deposits. Its water carries high concentrations of iron and heavy metals, and supports microorganisms that can live in extreme conditions.
When the rains pour down, the water of the Rio Tinto dillutes and the colors fade away in a whirlpool of high rising water, debris and rocks.
The water of the Río Tinto is notable for being very acidic with a pH of 2 and its deep red color is due to iron dissolved in its water.
The land- and waterscapes of the Rio Tinto lend itself very well to experiment and search for abstract nature compositions.
