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Printed on Hanhmühle cotton rag. 90cm x 60cm. Edition of 5.
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.