Tittle: Side Effects.
Description:
29 October 2010
54°33’47.37”N 18°13’42.22”E
Kacper Kowalski is a pilot and a photographer. Side Effects is a
documentary project about the complex relationship between humans and
nature. The photos were shot either from a paraglider or a gyroplane,
some 150 meters above the ground, mainly in the area around Gdynia, in
Poland, where Kowalski lives. In this work, Kowalski explores answers to
questions that deeply interest him: What is the natural environment for
humans? Is it an untouched, virgin landscape? Or is it a landscape that
has changed, adapted to human needs?
Kowalski sees his work as offering a graphic and sometimes abstract
portrait of how civilization came into being. For Kowalski, the content
of the photo is less important than the reactions, reflections, and
ideas that arise when looking at it. He would like the project to be a
starting point for discussion about what is good or bad, necessary or
optional, in the relationship between humans and nature.
The camera is never connected to a remote control, and Kowalski never
uses a drone. He wants to be up there, camera in hand. And he flies
alone. That means he doesn’t have to explain anything, or rely on
another person’s spatial imagination. It means he can fly precisely.
Side Effects is more a method of visual storytelling than a concrete
set of pictures. It is an ongoing project that will continue to be
modified.
Translation:
29 octubre 2010
54 ° 33'47.37 "N 18 ° 13'42.22" E
Kacper Kowalski és un pilot i un fotògraf. Efectes secundaris és un projecte documental sobre la complexa relació entre els humans i la natura. Les fotos van ser preses ja sigui des d'un parapent o un autogir, a uns 150 metres per sobre del terra, principalment en l'àrea al voltant de Gdynia, a Polònia, on viu Kowalski. En aquest treball, Kowalski explora respostes a les preguntes que li interessen profundament: Quin és el mitjà natural per als éssers humans? És un paisatge verge intacta? O és un paisatge que ha canviat, adaptat a les necessitats humanes?
Kowalski veu el seu treball com oferir un retrat gràfic i, de vegades abstracta de com la civilització va arribar a existir. Per Kowalski, el contingut de la foto és menys important que les reaccions, reflexions i idees que sorgeixen quan es mira en ell. A ell li agradaria que el projecte sigui un punt de partida per a la discussió sobre el que és bo o dolent, és necessari o opcional, en la relació entre els humans i la natura.
La càmera mai està connectat a un comandament a distància, i Kowalski mai utilitza un avió no tripulat. Ell vol estar allà dalt, càmera en mà. I ell vola sol. Això vol dir que no ha d'explicar res, o es basen en la imaginació espacial d'una altra persona. Això significa que pot volar amb precisió.
Efectes secundaris és més un mètode de narració visual d'un conjunt concret de fotos. És un projecte en curs que segueixen modificant.
Photographer: Kacper Kowalski.
Other photos:
2nd. description (my description).
In this photo I can see the amount of color tones and the contrast between the liquid(water) and solid (forest, vegetation, etc).
I think that the photo was taken in autumn, because the color of the trees are browns.
There are nature in its maximum expression, free of any contaminating factor.
There isn't people or animals, at least not visible to the naked eye.
I can see only the shadow of the gyroplane that it reflected on the water of the lake.
He is in Poland, where he born, and the photo was taken from 150 m of height.
This photo transmit me serenity, purity and adventure.
"I think that almost everything in this picture is the same".
