Biographie
Kinga Wrona is Polish documentary photographer whose
works explores the relationship between human and nature in aspect of climate change, natural disaster or environmental degradation.
She is an artist selected as finalist of Paris Photo Carte Blanche in 2024 and nominated to FUTURES (emerging photographers platform) in 2023.
Her works have been exhibited, among others, during Head ON Festival 2024 (Sydney, Australia); Kranj Foto Festival 2024 (Kranj, Slovenia); Festival Circulacion (S) 2023 Paris (France); Outside the walls, Paris Metro Stations, France, 2023 ; Daegu Photo Biennale, 2023 (South Korea); „A sense of place”, Bpart Gallery 2023, Berlin (Germany).
Her project 85 has been projected during Les Recontres d’ Arles 2024 at Fondation Manuel Ortiz. She has published among others in Revue EPIC, Polka magazine (online), PUBLICO (online), Tagebuch, The Calvert Journal, National Geographic Polska and New York Post.
Présentation
In 2021, the Cumbre Vieja volcanic complex on La Palma (Canary Islands) erupted for 85 days. This eruption was not only the longest in the island’s recorded history but also the most destructive volcanic action in Europe over the past century. Once believed to be extinct, this volcano’s eruption drastically transformed La Palma’s environment and irreversibly impacted the lives of its inhabitants. Volcanoes, with their paradoxical nature, are both agents of destruction and of new beginnings. Captivated by this powerful natural force and deeply interested in the relationship of the island's residents with their volcanic environment, the photographer visited the island twice in 2022 to document the aftermath of the eruption and to gather the accounts of its inhabitants.