Julius von Bismarck The Day the Ocean turned Black, 2025
Archival pigment print on Hahnemühle Photo Rag Baryta paper
210,2 x 360,6 cm (unframed)
214,4 x 373,2 cm (framed)
214,4 x 373,2 cm (framed)
Edition of 6
Julius von Bismarck's new photographic works, titled The Day the Ocean Turned Black, were created in early 2025 in the aftermath of the devastating Los Angeles fires. They revolve around the element of fire as both a destructive and a regenerative force. The works contradict the familiar aesthetics of disasters as they are represented in media reports: the images capture and convey the duality of fire – on the one hand a destructive elementary power, on the other a tool to dominate nature and the engine driving human ecological power.