Arno Rafael Minkkinen, "Trees and forest" series, Newfound Lake, New Hampshire
2008
I selected this image because it speaks to me about a unity of human and nature, Over the past forty years, a sense of inner freedom allowed Arno Rafael Minkkinen photograph himself in various ways: sometimes curled up on the sandy beach, sometimes hanging from the cliff edge, but always naked as he was at birth. His landscapes are constantly changing, but Minkkinen always extravagantly becomes part of it, connecting body and nature, like in that photograph, showing the repetitive patterns.
