WC World Citizen

Nature creates movement. It pushes us towards a time - the flow and ebb of memory - and a place - namely the entire world it inhabits. Gustav Willeit journeys across Italy, China, the Dolomites, California, Iceland, and Uganda.A world citizen, he finds inspiration while constantly observing the world. A photographer-cum-explorer, as photography is the tool which lends itself best to exploring the human psyche. Every corner of the planet hides traces of the past, and Gustav Willeit aptly captures these evanescent memories.Regardless of latitude and longitude, you can always picture humans, civilisations, and even a God in any given place. And yet he is aware that humanity does not own Earth, and never has - despite the fact we have always thought so. An awareness reflected in pictures depicting how our home has become more and more of a ramshackle habitation.A pictorial desert, a metaphor chosen by poets, photographers, novelists, and philosophers when sending the world - us - a wakeup call. Willeit's message could not be any clearer. A journey delving into nature's folds and cracks, increasingly perverted by humanity's arrogant stewardship.We are WCs: world citizens, as described by composer Sakamoto. And yet as WCs we run the risk of, slowly but inexorably, transforming into another WC of lesser noble nature.