Kinga
Wrona

When it comes to questions about how the volcanoes work, practically everything is a mystery. Signals may appear before the eruption, but there is no certainty and it is almost impossible to determine the exact time when the eruption starts. La Palma (Spanish island) only exists because of volcanic eruption built this land long time ago, forming the archipelago known as the Canary Islands.

When I heard about the eruption of the volcano Cumbre Vieja for the first time, I was wondering why people live there? How is it to live on land which is like a ticking bomb, can explode at any moment and take everything you have?

Project 85 is my personal reflection on the situation on La Palma right after the eruption of the volcano Cumbre Vieja was declared over (2021). Flying to la Palma, I didn't have a plan of what and how to photograph and the project is result of my interaction with nature, with local inhabitants of the island but above all is the result of photographing by intuition. Project visualizes a human tragedy through the photographs of nature which entered people's lives suddenly and unexpectedly. Showing how fragile is the environment shaped and managed by man, forcing us to reflect on the privileged relationship between human and nature.