Ultima Part II - Digital Image Series

Ultima is a body of work that is deeply rooted in environmentalism, showing my concern for the future by depicting the ways in which mankinds creations have an impact on the planet. Primarily it is about the modern conflict between the manmade world and the natural world, and between modern and primitive cultures.

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I portray this as an epic struggle and in my work these forces clash in theatrical, post-apocalyptic battlegrounds. My goal with this project is to create striking juxtapositions between the ruins of modern civilization and a futuristic ecological utopia. The narrative progression shows a rediscovery of these remnants belonging to the conceivably forgotten past.

The Spirit Journey

Guiding Signs

Ancestral Markings

The Great Divide

Voices in the Ice

Guardian Beasts

Gathering of Elders

Dancing Spirits

Place of Power

Tales of the Ancestors

The Shaman's Song

Foretelling the Future