VERSION FRANÇAISE AU-DESSOUS

"It looks like trees on a lonely planet floating through a unknown galaxy" that was what Ksenia (who was helping me with the series) said. I did not see that at first, but when she said it I knew I need to take pictures of this jellyfish again, that would exactly show that. Normally I don't have air bubbles but for this picture I needed it... They look like stars and support the picture of trees on a planet in a galaxy.
I created the series to inspire our imagination, fantasy and dreaming. That statement from Ksenia, showed me the concept is working.
We are living in times with big challenges like global warming, a pandemic, war's and we need to find solutions how to solve all of this problems. Without imagination we will repeat what we have done and not create a better world.

Jan C. Schlegel

Ghostly dancers of the abysses, jellyfish are fascinatingly elegant and eerily scary. While the awareness of their venom tends to instill fear, their slow and hypnotizing movement has a paradoxically soothing effect to the human mind. Using the same curious approach as for this other series, Jan C. Schlegel directed his camera onto these odd creatures to highlight their magnificence. Keeping them closely at home before releasing them into the wild, Schlegel got acquainted with their habits and tuned in to their own pace.

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VERSION FRANÇAISE

Danseuses fantomatiques des abysses, les méduses sont à la fois d’une élégance fascinante et étrangement effrayantes. Alors que la simple prise de conscience de leur venin inspire la peur, leur lent et hypnotique mouvement possède un effet paradoxalement apaisant pour peu que l’on s’y attarde. Posant le même oeil curieux qu’à son habitude, Jan C. Schlegel dirige son objectif sur ces êtres singuliers afin d’en souligner la magnificence. S’en occupant pendant un temps à domicile avant de les relâcher dans leur milieu naturel, Schlegel se familiarisa avec leurs habitudes pour mieux s’accorder à leur propre rythme.