This debut mono­graph from pho­tog­ra­ph­er Maroesjka Lavigne includes four of the artist’s series: Island, Not Seeing is a Flower, Land of Nothingness, and Lost Lands. Each of these series spans sev­er­al years in the mak­ing, in which the artist trav­eled exten­sive­ly around the world – includ­ing time spent in Argentina, Iceland, Japan, and Namibia, among oth­ers – observ­ing land­scapes and their inhabitants. 

Lavigne’s sub­jects range from stark land­scapes to spare, haunt­ing por­traits and unfor­get­table ani­mal images; she pro­duces stun­ning­ly beau­ti­ful images that are ten­der­ly attuned to their set­tings and sub­jects. As the pho­tog­ra­ph­er puts it: ​“When you take a pic­ture in a beau­ti­ful place, you have to real­ize that nature isn’t the back­ground for your pho­to­graph. Rather, you are its prop.” 

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