ENTRY DESCRIPTION
Terminus is a collection of photographs taken during a solo journey across most of Western Europe. Traversing eleven countries, the pilgrimage quickly evolved into the desire to depict the continent as a near-empty wasteland. Monuments and pre-war buildings stand in the darkness like tombstones acknowledging humanity's former presence. People and other animals emerge, but only in moments of pain, desperation and hope. Many of them stand naked in a world of uncertainty, as they were originally meant to exist. And in the absence of human beings, nature thrives and accelerates its growth to the point where tree branches pierce the skies, obliterating what light remains. Many of the photos alternate between scenes of intense struggle and solemn reflection into the silent conflict between the natural world and our modern times.

AUTHOR
Ciel Veira was born in New York City in 1993. During his youth, he moved between America, Brazil and France, eventually graduating from New York University with a Bachelors of Fine Arts in Music.

While working as a Translator and Coordinator at a Japanese Film Production company, Veira was introduced to photography in order to location scout for commercials. After embarking on a series of personal projects, he decided to pursue photography full time in 2019.

His work is comprised of Long Exposure Landscapes, Portraits, Wildlife and Abstract Still Life. Many of his photos explore themes of fear and the macabre, taking inspiration not only from masters such as Sebastião Salgado and Roger Ballen but also from the writings of Antonin Artaud and Mikhail Bulgakov.

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