Margaret Lansink - Friction

Margaret Lansink
Friction

Published by Ibasho and the(M)éditions, 2022
Size: 23 x 31 cm
90 Pages
Softcover
Languages: French, English, Chinese
Limited Edition of 600 copies.

In this series, Margaret Lansink attempts to understand why we humans often refuse to accept the simple notion of impermanence. Is it linked to our fear of the unknown, the fear of giving up our security and comfort?

According to Margaret Lansink, accepting this impermanence allows one to access Beauty: Beauty of ideas, of human relationships, of our connections with Nature. This immersion in Nature allows one to enter a different temporality, to synchronize with the slow rhythm of nature, to become aware of its beauty, its changes. Margaret Lansink speaks in this book of the "friction" of the synchronization of the eternal becoming of humanity with Nature, she juxtaposes our human time by photographing professional ballet dancers (who had to retire at 35) with images of the arid nature of Death Valley and other places, where time seems to play no apparent role. Together, they present the friction that we humans must overcome to be able to continue living on our planet.

- Editor's Text