Giel Bonte

‘Myriad’ is a photographic project developed through a journey along the Danube River, from the mouth at the Black Sea to the source in the Black Forest. Working through walking and hitchhiking the project is formed through chance encounters and continued movement.

The river, existing for over a million years, functions as a steady presence, while the landscapes along its banks carry non-linear traces of human time. 

The photographs bring together portraits and views of the river and its surroundings, collecting what is encountered in passing. Gathered over time, they form a fragmentary sequence shaped by coincidence and proximity.

‘Myriad’ reflects on an attempt to momentarily hold what is already in the process of disappearing. Places are inhabited briefly and marked over time, while images remain as fleeting traces within that ongoing movement.