Sonja Thomsen’s Ephemerality Of Life

...weaving place and person to consider time and memory

I spent a long time wading into Sonja Thomsen’s work. Although each of Sonia’s series warrants its own feature, I decided to chose from across Oil, Water and Re:Current. I encourage viewers to visit Sonja’s own site where the layout and information add to the appreciation of her work.

Re:Current “Conceptually the installation points to time’s ephemeral constancy and considers how the stillness of a photograph can represent and distort this seeming contradiction.” Oil “Trying to navigate my relationship to this war, my family, and my consumption of noxious petroleum I began photographing oil.” Water /Churn “Watching the quiet surging under the surface of water is a visceral experience.” /Swept “Each image is taken seconds apart capturing the water’s response as the wind so sporadically dances across it.” /Surface “The unfathomable potential of water to sustain life is a phenomenon that preoccupies me.”

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