Every Day, Eternity

Inspired by Arthur Rimbaud’s poem Eternity, “Every Day, Eternity” explores the horizon of infinite time. The images capture fragile moments where human perception meets nature’s enduring cycles, merging the present moment with our quest for eternity.

I discovered the poetry of Arthur Rimbaud as a teenager, and it has stayed with me ever since. "Every Day, Eternity" is a personal reinterpretation inspired by Rimbaud's poem "Eternity" (1872), in which he invites us to lyrically fly away in search of this Eternity. From the very first stanza, he presents it as "the sea fled away with the sun." It is a horizon line that extends indefinitely, like time itself.

In this series, I examine our perception of time by questioning our anthropocentric conception of eternity. Each photograph captures the fragile harmony between our limited, fragmented perception of time and nature's constant cycle, destined to outlive us. These elements become the narrators of a visual poetry in which the lightness of the present moment merges with our quest for eternity. Reality flies away through the prisms and filters that I have modified, breaking down light into airy textures and fleeting details.

What if eternity were the gradual reconfiguration of our certainties about the present and our assumptions about the future?