Life after death
Matter is not lost, it is only transformed. A slow transformation, where after life has passed, the matter of the body returns to the cycle of nature so that new life can be born from it. Luminescence highlights the final transformation of the fox's body and the unvisible work of the decomposers.
About Artist
Ágnes Berentes
Ágnes' vocation is to show and advertise the beauty and uniqueness of the underground world as widely as possible. Raise awareness of their vulnerability and importance through photographs and educational activities. Accompanying expeditions as a photographer, she documents the exploratory and scientific research work taking place in the caves, as well as records the last days of deep mining, which is slowly being forgotten in Central Europe, the history of our past. She has been caving since 2013 and in 2014 she started taking photos in cave spaces in a self-directed manner. Since then, it has been active in many karst areas and abandoned mines in Europe. The basic principle of her work is that it is not only necessary to be able to take good photos in wonderful places, but also to find the special in the simple, the ordinary. Ágnes mostly thinks in terms of projects, which she works on for years. Her work sometimes fills in gaps, and in the case of mines, she is often the first and last person to take pictures of the given place, before the final recultivation. In addition to photo documentation and photo reports, she likes to experiment with new viewpoints and lighting. In 2022, she won the Fujifilm Grand Challenge regional award with such experiment project. The essence of the project is that she illuminated the minerals in the underground spaces with UV light and recorded the resulting luminescence in her recordings. A backlight exhibition was opened in 2023 of her completely unique, scientifically significant pictures. Her pictures were published by National Geographic, Reuters, BBC, among others
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