This piece is the chronological discovery of the Sanctuary of Ain Hersha in Lebanon, representing different aspects of the landscape. “I had never been here. I have the feeling I came here to photograph an event that would never happen again. When I think the mountain becomes red like that every day... And that it has always turned red...” (Nadim Asfar)

The work is part of Experiencing the Mountain (2015-ongoing), “an expansive photographic series of the mountainous Lebanese countryside that conveys the meticulousness and of an ambulant land surveyor. With Territorial Waters (2015) as its prologue, Experiencing The Mountain marks a departure or new direction in the artist’s work, from an engagement with the technical potentialities of the photographic apparatus as such, to a more thematic engagement with historical mediums and traditions, such as landscape.”(Hisham Awad)

Nadim Asfar is a French-Lebanese photographer and video artist. Born in Beirut, in 1976, he lives and works in Paris and Beirut. His work has been shown at many international institutions and events, including Paris Photo, the New Museum in New York, the Kunst-Werk Institute in Berlin, and the International Documentary Festival in Marseille. He was appointed the Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres distinction by French Ministry of Culture in 2014. His work is part of major international public and private collections.