What is the origin of how we define our identity, gender and our relationship with the natural world around us? For many, the answer starts with the creation stories and myths found in world religions. The photograph “Eve Arising” is part of an analogue series entitled, “The Evolution of Eve” which takes a critical look at the biblical story of Eden and specifically the characters of Eve and Lilith (Eve’s little known predecessor) in a search for alternate narratives that may be hidden within its familiar patriarchal framework. Rather than a submissive woman created from Adam’s rib – It imagines a hybrid character of both Lilith and Eve. An empowered woman that is created from the earth itself and whom is deeply connected to the roots of earth’s secrets.
Life partners and photographer/model team Stephen and Susanne Milne sought to explore the theme of “Eve’s Evolution” using B&W 35mm photography to recreate familiar scenes from the biblical story of Eden by combining male and female forms interacting within unique un-manipulated natural settings. It was an exploration of ancient myths and ideas intertwined with the modern day dynamics between a woman and a man in a relationship. The series sought to convey a sense of peril and persecution one might face in challenging something as fundamental to a religion’s basic building block of understanding of the divide between the humans, the environment and the divine. While at the same time it tries to find a new path back to a real Eden where there might be more harmony and balance.
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