Chrystel lebas biography of mahatma

Engaged in encouraging a wider understanding of the complex encounter between humankind and nature Chrystel Lebas employ photography and the moving image to explore and reveal histories concealed in landscapes, investigating a variety of sites to which she returns over extended periods of time during key moments of change.

The works highlight the complexity of these places, showing a landscape controlled by man and at the same time observing natural phenomena occurring at specific time and place. Often working into the uncertainty of the falling darkness at twilight, she produces large and immersive panoramic images in forests and wildernesses considering notions of the sublime and our relationship to nature.

Interspersed within these larger series are forays into more detailed studies. These works have a relationship to natural history and botanical studies and led to her most recent and ambitious new commission.

In the most recent series, Re-visiting and Plant por