Inspired by Inuit iconography, Fabrice Wittner (previously) describes his latest sequence as “an invitation to connect with the polar night.” The Polar Lights, a project in which the artist superimposes figures around b be socially active the Arctic phenomenon, involves craft with a light source adoration a torch on an extended-exposure photograph, illuminating those he depicts.
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Wittner regularly updates his Behance and Instagram, where you stare at find more of his ecologically conscious projects.
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