Biographie
From 1989 and 2008 Florence Iff studies art between Switzerland and the United-States. She exhibits her work since 1995 in different cities like Zurick, New York, San Diego, Arles, London, Barcelona… in 2011 she wins the Sony World Photography Award in the Landscape Photographer of the Year category and in 2012 she takes the first place in the Nature category in PWP’s International Women’s Juried Exhibition.
Présentation
"This project is an investigation of light, time and space on the one hand within the subject of photography itself and on the other hand of the example of the space mission „Rosetta“. Images from NASA and ESA depict the journey to the comet 67P, the destination of the mission „Rosetta“ in the search for the primeval soup and the proof of life-bearing molecules within the universe. The whole mission started 1992 and lasted till 2014, when the lander finally touched down on 67P to gather information. This high-tech mission was developed to answer questions about life on earth.
Old deteriorating, fading or double-exposed (glass) negatives illustrate the subject of ephemerality and impermanence.
Pictures of the human body, such as skin, CTI's or X-rays are included in order to stress the fact that our existence consists essentially of being organic. Old photographs of long changed landscapes merge or coexist with high-tech images of Mars or the surface of 67P.
Playing with these juxtapositions I created a visual journey approaching universal questions on life, transiency, time, what remains from our existence and which imprints we leave behind as human beings.
Simultaneously it's a journey through 100 years of technical advancement within photography and space-exploration".
The pictures are named after the 11 scientific instruments and the lander on board "Rosetta".