LAVA by Mihai Sovaiala
LAVA celebrates the landscape and life on Lanzarote. The series of photos captures the transformative terrain, human presence and the plant kingdom that inhabit the island. Discover its volcanic history through a series of photographs that reveal ancient landscapes and modern-day life. Experience the power and beauty of picón, the volcanic ash that reshapes land and nurtures life.
"In photographing Lanzarote, Mihai Șovăială guides us to meditate on the depth of the photographic image in relation to the geological idiosyncrasy of the island. Soon after the Timanfaya volcano erupted in 1706, the dismayed Lanzaroteños discovered that picón, the ejected black lapilli that had covered the most yielding lands, was sheltering plants underneath it. Its moisture-retaining and temperature-regulating properties allowed the inhabitants not only to return after the natural disaster but to thrive, as long as the layer of volcanic ash was shallow enough. Today, picón is also used to innovate construction and build sustainably. Expelled from its core, this rock settled on the face of the earth, to then become a shelter for life, human and plant alike, but on an even grander timeline of millions of years, it will most probably return to the bottom of the planet’s crust, only to become lava yet again." - Laura Bivolaru
Edition of 50 signed and numbered
Photography: Mihai Sovaiala
Editor: Vlad Mat
Text: Laura Bivolaru
Design & Editing: Mihai Sovaiala
Print & binding: Fabrik
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Hardcover
92 pages, 21x30 cm
Paper: Pergraphica, Chili Pepper
LAVA celebrates the landscape and life on Lanzarote. The series of photos captures the transformative terrain, human presence and the plant kingdom that inhabit the island. Discover its volcanic history through a series of photographs that reveal ancient landscapes and modern-day life. Experience the power and beauty of picón, the volcanic ash that reshapes land and nurtures life.
"In photographing Lanzarote, Mihai Șovăială guides us to meditate on the depth of the photographic image in relation to the geological idiosyncrasy of the island. Soon after the Timanfaya volcano erupted in 1706, the dismayed Lanzaroteños discovered that picón, the ejected black lapilli that had covered the most yielding lands, was sheltering plants underneath it. Its moisture-retaining and temperature-regulating properties allowed the inhabitants not only to return after the natural disaster but to thrive, as long as the layer of volcanic ash was shallow enough. Today, picón is also used to innovate construction and build sustainably. Expelled from its core, this rock settled on the face of the earth, to then become a shelter for life, human and plant alike, but on an even grander timeline of millions of years, it will most probably return to the bottom of the planet’s crust, only to become lava yet again." - Laura Bivolaru
Edition of 50 signed and numbered
Photography: Mihai Sovaiala
Editor: Vlad Mat
Text: Laura Bivolaru
Design & Editing: Mihai Sovaiala
Print & binding: Fabrik
-
Hardcover
92 pages, 21x30 cm
Paper: Pergraphica, Chili Pepper
LAVA celebrates the landscape and life on Lanzarote. The series of photos captures the transformative terrain, human presence and the plant kingdom that inhabit the island. Discover its volcanic history through a series of photographs that reveal ancient landscapes and modern-day life. Experience the power and beauty of picón, the volcanic ash that reshapes land and nurtures life.
"In photographing Lanzarote, Mihai Șovăială guides us to meditate on the depth of the photographic image in relation to the geological idiosyncrasy of the island. Soon after the Timanfaya volcano erupted in 1706, the dismayed Lanzaroteños discovered that picón, the ejected black lapilli that had covered the most yielding lands, was sheltering plants underneath it. Its moisture-retaining and temperature-regulating properties allowed the inhabitants not only to return after the natural disaster but to thrive, as long as the layer of volcanic ash was shallow enough. Today, picón is also used to innovate construction and build sustainably. Expelled from its core, this rock settled on the face of the earth, to then become a shelter for life, human and plant alike, but on an even grander timeline of millions of years, it will most probably return to the bottom of the planet’s crust, only to become lava yet again." - Laura Bivolaru
Edition of 50 signed and numbered
Photography: Mihai Sovaiala
Editor: Vlad Mat
Text: Laura Bivolaru
Design & Editing: Mihai Sovaiala
Print & binding: Fabrik
-
Hardcover
92 pages, 21x30 cm
Paper: Pergraphica, Chili Pepper