Photographer Izabela Łapińska is an Edge of Humanity Magazine contributor of this photo essay. From the series ‘Touching God’. To see Izabela ‘s body of work, click on any photograph.

“Touching God” series – Tatra Mountains Poland.

I took these photos during a four-day solo stay in the mountains, during which I experienced nothing but silence, contemplation of the place, drizzle, wind, and the scents of the earth. It was a mystical, cleansing, and unique experience. Through my photographs, I express my emotions and mood associated with silence in the face of nature’s power. The mountains gave me a sense of God, and their majesty, especially in the fog, allowed me to feel free, far from the rushing world, human problems, patterns, and rules. With a penchant for silence, I lost myself for several days on the mountain trails and rediscovered myself and my meaning. Nature is a blessing for modern man.

Izabela Łapińska

Polish artist, photographer and film expert. Professor of art, doctorate and habilitation in the field of film art, specialisation in photography at the National Higher School of Film, Television and Theatre in Lodz. A graduate of this school in the field of photography. She also graduated from the University of Lodz, the Faculty of Culture Studies, specialisation in film.

She participated in dozens of exhibitions of photography in Poland and abroad and she had numerous publications in French, Belgian, Russian, Czech and Greek periodicals. The artist’s works have been published in the Belgian magazine ‘Objectif’, in the French edition of ‘PHOTO’, in Polish magazines ‘Pozytyw’, ‘Camera Obscura’, ‘Format’ and ‘Akademia’.

Her photos are in private collections in France, Austria, Luxembourg, Belgium, Australia, Argentina, USA.

Izabela Łapińska took part in international projects and scientific conferences which were concerned with the issues of the human body in culture.

Apart from photography she writes critical texts. The ones that were published related to photography, film and advertising, with focus on subjects concerning eroticism, body ugliness, abuse and exclusion in art.

Izabela Łapińska is a professor ordinarius at the Lodz Film School.

All images and text © Izabela Łapińska