Forest Apparitions
Forest Apparitions
By Darcy Hennessey
Darcy Hennessey
Forest Apparitions” is a medium format photography series completed in 2018. The collection is the first instalment of a four-part series that offers visual representations of the energies that live in the natural world.
I like to think of my photography as less of a personal creation, and more of a documentation of the natural languages being spoken around me at the time each photograph is taken. Each form is an energy that exists, and I am simply there to capture it when it wants to show itself to me.
The forms I portray in my work are all captured in-camera without any use of digital alteration. I guide the technical process, but the forms manifest as they want.
I hope that these photographs make their viewers take pause and indulge in a moment of mystery. This series is a reminder of the enormous amounts of energetic knowledge that the forests hold, and of the importance of how we treat these rich stores of energy and spirit.
BIO:
Inspired by her upbringing as a professional mountain bike athlete who spent a majority of her early life exploring the forests of Vancouver Island, Darcy Hennessey Turenne’s works are rooted in motion. As a visual artist with a background in film, her works are always informed by the dynamic movements of the world around her.
Hennessey Turenne has an MA from Royal Roads University, and has a deep interest in the embodiment of felt energies through applied visual theory and storytelling.
