This photographer beautifully captures humans’ complex relationship with nature
BY: SAMANTHA TAPP
“Keep your love of nature, for this is the true way to understand art more and more.” Vincent Van Gogh.
Humans’ relationship with nature has always been a complex one. Some people turn to nature as a source of spirituality rather than sitting in a church pew; others travel the world to immerse themselves in nature, but sometimes its taken for granted. For photographer and videographer Kirk Holmes, photography is a personal project of his, that almost always involves nature.
Through photographs he tries to tell a story, show a new perspective, or educate others by communicating what would normally be three or four shots of a video in the feeling of one photo. Kirk’s photography explores different cultures and represents his own personal relationship with nature and the world through his lens.
“Suspended in the sunrise. Hot air balloons over the temples in Bagan, Myanmar/Burma.”
“Monstrous and Delicate
Painted Sharply
Reflect.
Antarctica.”
“This seal is having the happiest Sunday day dream ever.
Antarctica.”
“Move or hover slowly and lightly in a liquid or the air; drift.
Varanasi, India.”
“Time stands still on the cold wet earth. This scene could be from 1950 or from 2016.
India.”
“Want my last look to be the moon in your eyes, want my heart to break if it must break in your jaws, want you to pick my blood off your paws – Jason Molina.
Serengeti National Park, Tanzania.”
“Feels good to be alive. Sun rays from the top of Mount Kilimanjaro.”
“Antarctica.” “No paths- exploring fast ice in the Antarctica Peninsula.”
“Nobody was here- the stars at Cyprus Lake.”
“Who built this land? Who scraped these paths out of the rock into the clouds?
Peru.”
“Shadows formed by golden light. Cats of Myanmar’s famous jumping cat temple.”
“He who binds to himself a joy
Does the winged life destroy;
But he who kisses the joy as it flies
Lives in eternity’s sun rise.
– William Blake”
“Don’t stare too long, or the little voices will pull you in. Every iceberg in Antarctica is alive.”
“Sharp/Soft. She climbed above the Sicllaccasa pass 5000 meters into a cloud.
Machu Picchu.”
“The sacred valley- views from Peru.”“Could you live in this cabin?
Inle Lake (Shan State , Myanmar).”“Have I woken up yet? Misty mornings in Bagan, Mandalay, Burma.”“The sunrise and the sunsets
You realize then you forget what you’ve been trying to retain.
Sunset over the Serengeti, Tanzania.”
