THE SILENT EYE - collector's master edition (2023) Photograph by Inna Etuvgi

THE SILENT EYE
Fine art photography print
Image size 60x80 cm

A raindrop resting on a lichen branch becomes an eye — and suddenly the forest is no longer scenery. It is looking back.

Growing up in Chukotka, I learned to perceive nature as a living presence — something you greet, something you ask permission from, something that won't recover if you take too much. Perhaps what I find in this image is simply a reflection of that upbringing — my eye trained to see a face where there is only light and water. But I choose to share it, because this way of seeing — ancient, pagan, unscientific — carries something we need.

When you perceive nature as a presence, you treat it with care. When you see it as scenery, you take what you want. The eye may be an illusion. But the respect it teaches is real.

*Part of the SAGOSKOGEN collection.



PRINT INFORMATION:

* Medium: Giclée print on Canson Fine Art paper
* Collector's Master Edition of 3 copies
* Details: Signed and numbered by the artist, accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity.
* Image size 60x80 cm
* Actual size 70x90 cm
* Shipping: Sent rolled in a durable mailing tube (10 cm diameter).


ABOUT THE ARTIST

Inna Etuvgi is a Swedish-Chukchi art photographer and digital artist, internationally recognised as an Arte Laguna Prize finalist (Venice) and a recipient of the Swedish Arts Grants Committee grant. Born in a remote Arctic village in Chukotka and trained in technical cybernetics, she began her artistic practice in 2020 and has since exhibited across Europe — in Venice, London, Barcelona, Palermo, and San Marino.

Etuvgi lives with aphantasia — she cannot see images in her mind. Her camera and AI serve as extensions of her visual imagination, allowing her to create what she cannot picture internally. Through macro photography she enters the hidden worlds of mosses, lichens, and dewdrops; through digital art she gives form to psychological states and inner archetypes. Both are rooted in a deep sensitivity shaped by her Chukchi upbringing — an instinct to feel into every living thing.

As art critic Tabish Khan notes: "Her work transports us to other worlds — both real and imaginary, but always in harmony with nature."

Materials used:

fine art paper, archival pigment inks

Details:

• Photograph on Paper
• From a limited edition of 3
• Size: 70 x 90 x 0.15cm (unframed) / 60 x 80cm (actual image size)
• Signed and numbered certificate of authenticity
• Style: Surrealistic
• Subject: Flowers and plants
• Hurry, only 1 left in stock