Tombeau Imaginaire 1 2019

This is 'Tombeau Imaginaire 1' by Elina Brotherus, and it looks to me like it was made on location. It's a quiet and tranquil landscape with a solitary figure, maybe the artist herself, sitting on a rock. I think that the artist may have been thinking about her place in the world when she made this. What it feels like to be alive at this moment in time? What does it mean to be human in such a huge world? There's a real sense of being at one with nature. The sharp diagonals created by the shadows give the photograph movement, but the overall impression is one of peace and stillness. I wonder whether Elina has looked at the work of other artists, such as Caspar David Friedrich? He was someone who painted similar landscapes that also had a sense of solitude and contemplation. Anyway, artists are always looking at each other's work and having a dialogue, a conversation across time. It's all one big feedback loop.