The Inner Field

This is a story about the duality of human nature — both earthly and cosmic. About life and its grounding — the unique ways each of us seeks understanding of what is happening.

About the travelers of their own paths…

I am part of the “Forest People,” those who have chosen to live beyond the hustle of the city and its prevailing laws and ideologies. Among them are also those who still linger on the border. We live in a unified field of reality — in nature, in flow, in connection, and expression. In creativity. Not always with clarity, but in constant motion and growth. Here, foundational visions are self-evident — truth hidden in simplicity. In connection with the natural world and with oneself.

In being.

We gather to learn and to find ways to fulfill our unique purpose.

Though the goal may seem singular, the paths to it are many and varied. Each perspective is unique. Each experience — meaningful.

And ultimately, or perhaps at the very beginning — together, we create the new.

A world where “I” transforms into “we.”

Elza Niedre (1992) graduated from the Department of Visual Communication at the Art Academy of Latvia and learned analog photography under Andris Rebhūns in the photography club of the Ventspils Youth Creative Center. She has been participating in exhibitions since 2007. For the past six years, she has lived in the Pērle community in the Gulbene region, which serves as the setting for this photo series. This work was created as part of the FK Photo Story program, established by the FK Magazine in 2024 to promote creativity among Latvian photographers.