When We Said "Yes!" - studio edition (2021) Photograph by Inna Etuvgi

WHEN WE SAID "YES!"

“True synergy is born when two worlds collide and choose to stay together. It is a moment where 1+1 becomes something infinitely greater than 2.” 



Captured in the woods of Huskvarna on the day of my wedding anniversary, this photograph is a personal dialogue with the forest. My lens captured these Cladonia pyxidata lichens at a moment when they looked like a couple at the altar, standing together in the quiet light, crowned with dewdrops.



For me, lichens are the ultimate teachers of partnership. They are a living union of fungi and algae, a symbiotic bond so powerful it allows them to thrive in conditions where neither could survive alone and even where no other can. Same as in a conscious relationship, when two souls say "yes" to each other, they are creating a new, resilient entity that is far more than the sum of its parts.



PRINT INFORMATION:

* Medium: Giclée print on Canson Fine Art paper
* Studio edition of 15 copies (please request the current number)
* Details: Signed, numbered, and printed by the artist, accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity.
* Dimensions: Image size 40x50 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 from Canson, archival pigment inks

Details:

• Photograph on Paper
• From a limited edition of 15
• Size: 43 x 54 x 0.15cm (unframed) / 40 x 50cm (actual image size)
• Signed and numbered certificate of authenticity
• Style: Organic
• Subject: Flowers and plants
• Hurry, only 1 left in stock

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