A visual essay by Silvia Conde
Where the spirits live
Yakushima
A vision by Silvia Conde
Fluid, spectacular, ancient. It's the trees one visits in Yakushima, a forest where time seems to come to a halt or might have never existed at all. I notice how Spring has arrived here, how the leaves and branches show off their "sakura" splendor. Through texture and strange windings, they whisper Japanese hymns to me of spirits and monsters from their past, our present, a future. They speak of tranquility and flourishing, of how they can only live when left alone and free, protected, far away from our human craze to try and tame them.
Photography by Silvia Conde.
Words by Valerie Steenhaut.
Traveller/s
Silvia Conde
Photographer
Silvia Conde is a freelance art director and photographer from Barcelona, living in Berlin. She studied Photography at the Ostkreuzschule for Fotografie and has worked for Monocle, the WSJ, Lufthansa and Freunde von Freunden, among others. As a traveler, she is fascinated by nature and is always seeking unusual places to explore.
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