What happens when humans manage and change natural areas over long periods of time?  And what happens when man leaves this space again?

The pictures of the series "Hidden Landscapes" are part of a long-term project on the topic of nature patterns. They are created in extinct volcanoes, abandoned quarries and protected nature reserves that are not influenced by humans - sometimes in dense fog or at night. The aim is to make visible the high diversity that develops within a short time.

The pictures in these series are created from numerous individual perspectives of a place, which are connected to each other and show new growth. 

Hidden Landscapes

What is time? Does time exist? Is there a space for time? To grasp something intangible unleashes the belief that it exists. Movement seems limited to a moment, but every movement creates a wave. So every human being, every animal and every organism leaves its traces in time.

The pictures of the series Time Traces II are taken from the free hand with a specific camera movement. The images are not subsequently altered on the computer, but developed in a naturalistic way.

Traces Of Time II: Movement is responsibility

What is time? Does time exist? Is there a space for time? To grasp something intangible unleashes the belief that it exists. Movement seems limited to a moment, but every movement creates a wave. So every human being, every animal and every organism leaves its traces in time.

The pictures of the series Time Traces I are taken with high-resolution cameras and long exposure times from a tripod without camera movement and are not subsequently altered on the computer.

Traces Of Time I: Movement is life

In the picture cycle "Modulationen - Urwälder von morgen" Heymel shows 12 perspectives from the biosphere reserve Rhön, which were published internationally in 2015 as a large-format perpetual calendar. The pictures are part of a long-term project on nature patterns in protected nature reserves that are not influenced by humans.

Matthias Heymel