Inna Etuvgi - The Silent Eye

THE SILENT EYE
fine art photography print

A raindrop resting on a lichen branch becomes an eye — and suddenly the forest is no longer scenery. It is looking back.

Growing up in Chukotka, I learned to perceive nature as a living presence — something you greet, something you ask permission from, something that won't recover if you take too much. Perhaps what I find in this image is simply a reflection of that upbringing — my eye trained to see a face where there is only light and water. But I choose to share it, because this way of seeing — ancient, pagan, unscientific — carries something we need. When you perceive nature as a presence, you treat it with care.

When you see it as scenery, you take what you want. The eye may be an illusion. But the respect it teaches is real.

* part of the SagoSkogen collection.


PRINT INFORMATION:

* Medium: Giclée print on Fine Art paper
* Edition size: Limited to 25 copies
* Details: Signed, numbered, and printed by the artist, accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity.
* Image size 30x40 cm
* Actual size 33x43 cm


EDITION

This work is presented in a Special Catawiki Edition (30×40 cm image on 33×43 cm paper). The artist's larger-scale Studio and Master Editions are sold through premier online galleries; this size is not available through any gallery or platform. It can only be acquired directly from the artist's studio or through selected auction releases. Produced to the same archival standards as all editions.


OPTIONAL — MAT & READY-TO-FRAME PREPARATION

The print ships on its own, unmatted. If you’d like, I can mount it in a custom passepartout with a backing board, tailored to fit your frame perfectly.

I use pH-neutral archival materials and a reversible mount, so the print can always be removed without damage. This is an optional paid service — just message me for the price and details.


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."