Based between the cities of Istanbul and Johannesburg, photographer Elsa Bleda has a unique aesthetic that is both cinematic and dystopian. In her latest work ‘Nightscapes’ she examines the city of Johannesburg after dark.
“A red line woven over a journey through Spain, to connect Man with nature.
A red line to fix a moment of poetry. Unreal scenes which existed for a night to disappear in the morning.
An installation left as a proposition to the natural world.
A luminous harmony between will and chance.
Between tribute and sacrilege.
Between the beautiful and the strange.
An aesthetic research on shapes engaging in a dialogue with an asymmetrical nature.”