Only 17% of the Polish part of Białowieża Forest is protected as national park, and another 16% as nature reserves. The rest, including old-growth stands, is managed for logging by the State Forests. In 2016 the Polish government tripled the logging quota. Scientists and NGOs continue to call for the whole forest to be protected and for commercial forestry within it to be banned.
Archival analogue hand print from a large-format colour negative.
70 x 80 cm – limited edition of 10.
Signed and numbered by the artist, with a blockchain-registered Verisart Certificate of Authenticity.
About the project – Białowieża: Europe's Last Primeval Forest?
Straddling the border between Poland and Belarus, Białowieża is one of the last fragments of the ancient forest that covered the European plain after the last ice age. It is a UNESCO World Heritage site, home to the largest free-roaming herd of European bison. In 2016 the Polish government tripled logging quotas, including in old-growth stands. The decision drew legal action from the European Court and a warning from UNESCO, and it divided local communities. Photographed on large-format film in 2016 and 2017, the series records the forest's beauty alongside the logging that threatens it. The prints were first exhibited at Foto Wien 2022 in collaboration with Greenpeace.
Only 17% of the Polish part of Białowieża Forest is protected as national park, and another 16% as nature reserves. The rest, including old-growth stands, is managed for logging by the State Forests. In 2016 the Polish government tripled the logging quota. Scientists and NGOs continue to call for the whole forest to be protected and for commercial forestry within it to be banned.
Archival analogue hand print from a large-format colour negative.
70 x 80 cm – limited edition of 10.
Signed and numbered by the artist, with a blockchain-registered Verisart Certificate of Authenticity.
About the project – Białowieża: Europe's Last Primeval Forest?
Straddling the border between Poland and Belarus, Białowieża is one of the last fragments of the ancient forest that covered the European plain after the last ice age. It is a UNESCO World Heritage site, home to the largest free-roaming herd of European bison. In 2016 the Polish government tripled logging quotas, including in old-growth stands. The decision drew legal action from the European Court and a warning from UNESCO, and it divided local communities. Photographed on large-format film in 2016 and 2017, the series records the forest's beauty alongside the logging that threatens it. The prints were first exhibited at Foto Wien 2022 in collaboration with Greenpeace.
