My very first impression, as I wandered through an urban hydroponic farm, was one of a gentle, hypnotic power,

A sensation I rediscovered whilst looking at the W.I.L.D‘S negatives : something emerging, like an inner vision.

Shot in suspended urban gardens, this series observes nature in transition, above ground and detached from its natural environment. I was captivated by this subtle yet powerful pulse beating beneath the surface of things, this ‘underlying’ aspect of reality which, beneath its apparent fragility, harbours an immeasurable force — both changeable and unchanging.

The acronym W.I.L.D. — Wake Initiated Lucid Dream — refers to a lucid dreaming technique in which consciousness glides seamlessly from the waking state into the dream. It also evokes what nature remains at its core, even when we organise it: wild; as well as the utopia of these gardens on the surface — a generous and contradictory gesture, akin to a waking dream.

The print merges the subject with its photographic materiality: that very same light which nourishes growth and reveals.