A visual essay by Jorge Losse
Being lost is the way to go
Antarctica
A vision by Jorge Losse
I understand “being lost” as a constant search for the intangible, for experience and the possibility of learning and discovering things I have yet not found, things I have yet to imagine. The idea of losing oneself relates to a lack of guidance, letting go of what one has learned, allowing the environment to shape one’s behaviour, and entering the unknown. It’s there where the truth unveils itself.
Constant travelling brings a kind of romanticism, one belonging to heroic deeds and expeditions bound to fail. Perhaps when icebergs leave their origin to wander aimlessly and vulnerably into that great mass of saltwater, we are able to understand their way of being, their present and future. The most austere submerge their mass under water, unnoticed; others drift clamouring their beautiful ruin. These wanderers disappear as time passes. For them, being lost is the only way to persist.
Constant travelling brings a kind of romanticism, one belonging to heroic deeds and expeditions bound to fail. Perhaps when icebergs leave their origin to wander aimlessly and vulnerably into that great mass of saltwater, we are able to understand their way of being, their present and future. The most austere submerge their mass under water, unnoticed; others drift clamouring their beautiful ruin. These wanderers disappear as time passes. For them, being lost is the only way to persist.
Photography by Jorge Losse
Words by Benjamin Ossa
Edited by Bis Turnor & Laura Beneyto
Traveller/s
Jorge Losse
Photographer and Editor
Jorge is a photographer and editor born in Santiago de Chile (1983), currently lives in Bracelona. He is co-founder of Ediciones daga, an independent publishing house dedicated to making art books and zines. His photographic work is an intimate investigation of the landscape and his own presence in it. He is very interested in exploring the photographic medium itself (light) and also its narrative dimension (memory) as part of his personal work. Jorge has worked for government institutions and all kinds of clients, mostly doing documentary photography for editorial purposes.
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