Catharsis


  • Photographer
    Julia Anna Gospodarou
  • Prize
    Honorable Mention
  • Date of Photograph
    2012-2013

A mountain covered in fresh snow is one of the best places to find oneself and make peace with one's past, present and future. The removal of almost all the things we normally see in a scene and that remind us about life as it is, which is what snow does to a place, suddenly brings to surface the spirit of the place, showing its primordial state and this image has an extremely powerful effect on our spirit and soul, purifying and liberating them. What I aim with this series is to find a way of showing how solitude in front of the immensity of nature is able to help one get in touch with the inner self that we often ignore and suppress in the frenzy of the day-to-day life. This is the story of a lone tree, a tree that is facing itself and is having a long and in depth conversation with his own conscience. The different images represent different stages in its evolution and different questions that this tree has to answer in order for it to do the Catharsis, to go through this process of purification of the soul and mind in order to be reborn spiritually.

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