Laura Skehan

Tecnica: Photo

Anno: 2021

Dimensione: 90 x 60 cm

Descrizione: A breath (2021) was taken near Seltún, in southwest Iceland, a golden moment of silence at a hot spring along the Seljalandsá River.

Hot springs and rivers contain large amounts of dissolved minerals. Ancient versions of these springs and the minerals within them performed a key chemical reaction for early life on Earth.

The historic and the ephemeral merged in that moment as I watched the steam rise in the golden light. I contemplated those ancient springs, what it must have been like the very moment before life emerged. Just then, a bus full of visitors arrived to explore the Seltún area.