The Cave Collection
PART OF CATH SIMARD’S “LUMIÈRE DU NOIR" GENESIS COLLECTION
The Collection includes includes a series of 3 art pieces created from multiple images taken from the inside of caves around the world. These caves represent being stuck inside yourself, isolated and disconnected. Inside, there is only darkness, comfort, and apathy. Outside, there is light, discovery and potential. Each cave image tells a story and symbolizes different ways to break out of your own comfort zone: creatively, physically and mentally. These 3 pieces come with an 8X10 HD sublimated metal print, framed, signed, with a certificate of authenticity.
Eurêka
About Eurêka
EURÊKA is part of Cath Simard’s genesis NFT collection “Lumière du Noir” - A metaphor for being stuck in a very dark place, a place of comfort and apathy, but finally discovering the possibilities of the world outside of your comfort zone, a world of light and potential. This image represents a creative breakthrough, a moment in time where the pieces came together and then suddenly “Eurêka”. On my last trip to Iceland, I spent two weeks exploring this location called Stokksnes, a popular spot for photographers and a difficult place to find a unique composition. I became obsessed with composing this scene in a completely original way that hasn’t been done before. My obsession started with a small cave I found during low tide; a cave so small it could only fit my camera. Using a wide-angle lens, I spent a few hours capturing a panorama, moving the camera a few millimetre at a time on each shot. Then, over the next two weeks, the obsession grew and the nights shortened. I returned one morning during blue hour and captured the shore leading to the mountains. At this point, a sketch of the composition began to form in my mind, but still blurry and immature. A few days went on, exploring the area trying to find the last piece of my puzzle but without success. I felt creatively drained, but the obsession remained. On my last night, I was welcomed by Lady Aurora, arriving in yellow and green, ready to share her dance above the same scene. It was, undoubtedly, my greatest “Eurêka!” moment; this was the last piece to complete my puzzle. My final composition blends these three unique moments into an image somewhere between my dreams and reality, an image that turned the impossible into possible.
Persévérance
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ABOUT PERSÉVÉRANCE
PERSÉVÉRANCE is part of Cath Simard’s genesis NFT collection “Lumière du Noir” - A metaphor for being stuck in a very dark place, a place of comfort and apathy, but finally discovering the possibilities of the world outside of your comfort zone, a world of light and potential. This image represents the perseverance required to get outside of my physical comfort zone. I originally discovered this cave in Mount Assiniboine Provincial Park, British Columbia, during an extremely difficult 70KM solo backcountry trip. During this trek, I spent the night near the cave by myself, barely sleeping and exhausted. When the weather would get rough, I would hide in the tight space to relieve my body from the rain and the wind. Because of the bad conditions, I didn’t take a single photo, but was determined to come back again the following year to fulfill my creative vision of this place. Twelve months passed by, slowly drafting the final composition in my mind and obsessing over this unique cave. On my next attempt, I hiked in again through this bear-prone area and waited three days for the clouds to clear up and reveal the scene. On the third day, I photographed the cave and foreground at blue hour and waited at the summit until night to capture the stars. I felt physically exhausted, but relieved and at peace to finally fulfill my creative vision, after two years of pushing myself. But this was just the beginning. Assembling the pieces and creating something that mirrored my imagination took another fourty hours. Fourty hours of losing myself in the image, deleting the file, starting over, adjusting the mood and experimenting with difficult techniques. I wanted the effort that went into the edit to match the physical effort required to capture the pieces. This image reminds me of the physical strength and perseverance needed to capture and create something that perfectly matches my vision without compromise. To this day, this is the longest I have ever hiked to create a single composite.
Curiosité
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ABOUT CURIOSITÉ
CURIOSITÉ is part of Cath Simard’s genesis NFT collection “Lumière du Noir” - A metaphor for being stuck in a very dark place, a place of comfort and apathy, but finally discovering the possibilities of the world outside of your comfort zone, a world of light and potential. This image represents the drive of my own curiosity, encouraging me to overcome my mental limitations and break out of my comfort zone. Once you replace fear with curiosity, it becomes the motor driving you towards great achievements. This expedition opened the doors to all the rooms of anxiety, fear, uncertainty and self-doubt I had in my own head. While back in Iceland, I heard about ‘’Treasure Island’’, an ice cave located in the middle of Breiðamerkurjökull Glacier. Finding the location required a glacier guide to hand draw a map based on information from other local guides. We set off at sunset with crampons and helmets, our hand-drawn map and relentless drive of my own curiosity to visit this mystical location in the darkness. The disappearing light, the piercing sound of the glacier cracking and the feeling of being lost in an endless frozen landscape was only subdued by the relief and peace of finally arriving at the remote cave and capturing myself in this otherworldly blue universe. A reminder that curiosity is a vessel to the possibilities and adventures of the ‘’Now’’.