The elements: Earth, water, wind en fire - and more …
Earth, Water, Wind and Fire - The four elements as European cultures understand them.
In Eastern cultures they have more elements, like in Japan where ‘void’ is a fifth element.
Some elements are visible, like earth, water and fire, others are not, like wind and void.
The invisible elements can only be seen indirectly.
In this long term project I try to visualise the elements, visible and invisible, western and eastern.
![earth Elements of nature fire water wind](https://mir-s3-cdn-cf.behance.net/project_modules/max_1200/9a270e159935609.63e0d7ed67411.jpg)
FIRE - Jaar, Bhutan. During a festival, walking to fire is a test of faithfulness
![earth Elements of nature fire water wind](https://mir-s3-cdn-cf.behance.net/project_modules/max_1200/7769f0159935609.63e0d7ed7073f.jpg)
WATER - Iceland. One of many cascades where the immense force of water can be felt.
![earth Elements of nature fire water wind](https://mir-s3-cdn-cf.behance.net/project_modules/max_1200/acee4b159935609.63e0d7ed6df9c.jpg)
WATER and LIGHT - Iceland, Gullfoss. A cascade where the light is changed into a rainbow.
![earth Elements of nature fire water wind](https://mir-s3-cdn-cf.behance.net/project_modules/max_1200/087450159935609.63e0d7ed6f9ab.jpg)
EARTH and WATER - Iceland, Hveravellir. A hotspot where hot water comes from the depth of the earth.
![earth Elements of nature fire water wind](https://mir-s3-cdn-cf.behance.net/project_modules/max_1200/df70a7159935609.63e0d7ed6ec96.jpg)
EARTH - Iceland, Hveravellir. Holes in the earth show places where our world was born.
![earth Elements of nature fire water wind](https://mir-s3-cdn-cf.behance.net/project_modules/max_1200/ee0e68159935609.63e0d7ed68214.jpg)
EARTH - Iceland where the birth of the earth can be seen and smelled
![earth Elements of nature fire water wind](https://mir-s3-cdn-cf.behance.net/project_modules/max_1200/538a43159935609.63e0d7ed68f82.jpg)
WATER - Japan. A Tori standing in the water as a gate to another world.
![earth Elements of nature fire water wind](https://mir-s3-cdn-cf.behance.net/project_modules/max_1200/958d7e159935609.63e0d7ed6aa1d.jpg)
Fire - Japan. Walking on fire as proof of faith.
![earth Elements of nature fire water wind](https://mir-s3-cdn-cf.behance.net/project_modules/max_1200/1b2876159935609.63e0d7ed6c502.jpg)
EARTH - Iceland hard as stone but once it bent under the forces of eruption.
![earth Elements of nature fire water wind](https://mir-s3-cdn-cf.behance.net/project_modules/max_1200/ce4807159935609.63e0d7ed6b752.jpg)
WATER - Holland. Fishing to get life out of the water.
![earth Elements of nature fire water wind](https://mir-s3-cdn-cf.behance.net/project_modules/max_1200/fddc65159935609.63e0d7ed69ced.jpg)
WIND - Netherlands, Utrecht. A windmill turning by the force of the wind.
![earth Elements of nature fire water wind](https://mir-s3-cdn-cf.behance.net/project_modules/max_1200/aebbaa159935609.63e0d7ed6d26d.jpg)
A hot water fountain on Iceland: 80 degrees hot water from 'the middle pof the earth'
![earth Elements of nature fire water wind](https://mir-s3-cdn-cf.behance.net/project_modules/max_1200/8eb3f7159935609.63e0d7ed666e6.jpg)
Alkmaar, Netherlands: Amphicars on the water