Elsewhere: Dissolving Space and Time | Francisco Gonzalez Camacho

‘Elsewhere’ is a series by visual artist Francisco Gonzalez Camacho that takes an introspective dive into his journey of immigration to Finland and the feelings of isolation consequently involved, using the landscape as a tool for emotional catharsis.

“I present a space for contemplation, interwinding elements of poetic narration, infrared photography and references to pictorialism.”

“Challenging the restless feeling of not belonging, otherness and the cultural constraints, the landscape has offered me a cathartic relief, shaping a renewed sense of connectedness with nature.”

“Making both real and imaginary landscapes, I dissolve space and time, creating an interruption, an absence, giving a feeling of being elsewhere. Reality is suspended, reminding us we are just a small part of nature, united with it.”

“There is an invitation, seeking us to ponder and reflect, to create a moment of emptiness, a spark of consciousness. In all the nuances of simplicity the divine is revealed, helping us to understand the world through an act of solitude.”

“Photography becomes an instrument through which I can reveal not only the nature that encloses me, but the nature that reflects the landscape within.”

“A silence arises, reproducing a calm and precious universe, suspended in time, next to the world itself. A transcendental space evoking an allegory of a place called home.”