Gabriel Eisenband and Joel Grossman Colombia, b. 1975 / 1976

Gabriel Eisenband and Joel Grossman, two Colombian artists, have come together to create this series of artworks — a tribute to the timeless power and mystery of nature.

Since ancient times, the majesty of the natural world has inspired in us a sense of wonder, fear, and deep respect. The immense forces that shape our planet remind us of our own vulnerability and impermanence. Through this work, the artists seek to honor our primal connection to that universal spirit — the essence of the whole. Walking through the páramo ecosystem, they aim to capture and share fleeting moments of its life and beauty, translating the experience of moving through the mountains into images that go far beyond a purely utilitarian relationship with living places.

Each photograph is a window into a mysterious world, an invitation to pause and journey from the ordinary to the extraordinary. The intention is not to document, but to evoke — to share the sense of awe that these landscapes awaken.

The images, printed on fine cotton paper and adorned with delicate copper leaf, merge photography with material craftsmanship. This technique not only transforms the surface of the image but also symbolizes the enduring connection, present across all human cultures, between the natural and the divine.

Together, these works stand as a tribute to the depth, grandeur, and subtlety of Colombia’s páramos, reminding us of the vital importance of preserving these ecosystems that sustain life itself.

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GABRIEL EISENBAND
Gabriel Eisenband studied cinematography in France in 1998 and began his work as a landscape photographer in 2002. His main focus is capturing the essence of nature through photography, a passion he has pursued across Colombia's National Natural Parks. Through his images, he seeks to create a dialogue between the landscape and the photographer, portraying what he sees as the unique beauty of these extraordinary places.

Since 2015, Gabriel has devoted himself entirely to traveling throughout Colombia, photographing its natural parks. So far, he has documented 46 of them-a monumental project carried out in collaboration with Colombia's National Natural Parks. This body of work led to the publication of the first fully photographic book dedicated to the country's parks, released in August 2018 by Villegas Editores. The book went on to win the Best Photographic Book Award at the International Latino Book Awards in Los Angeles.

In 2020, Gabriel earned international recognition when he won Best Photograph in the Flora Category at the Wildlife Photography Awards, presented by the Natural History Museum in London. His work has been exhibited in galleries in Colombia, the United States, and at the Natural History Museum in London, showcasing his deep connection to nature and his extraordinary eye for capturing its beauty.

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JOEL GROSSMAN

Joel Grossman (Bogotá, 1976) is a painter and sculptor whose work explores origins, spirituality, and the elemental forces that shape human experience. Trained at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts in Philadelphia and later working in Italy, New York, and Bogotá, he developed a visual language grounded in repetition, material honesty, and the constructive logic of ancient cultures. His practice brings together the formal strategies of minimalism with the monumental clarity of early civilizations, allowing materials such as wood and stone to guide the transformation of physical process into symbolic meaning. For Grossman, making is both technical and meditative: the act of carving, drawing, or assembling becomes a way to seek order, reconnect with the essential, and counter the increasing dominance of the artificial in contemporary life. By merging past and present, intuition and structure, his work opens a space where time, memory, and a sense of cosmic continuity converge.