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Frames from the archive are printed on archival fibre paper, signed, and shipped flat. The same frames are licensed for editorial, book and conservation work, and Joel speaks to clubs and classrooms about what life underwater since 2009 looks like.

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Archival pigment on fibre paperMade to order, signed, shipped flatEditorial and conservation licensingjoel@joelbergsma.com

El Panecillo. On this mountain, an angel overlooks the City of Quito. Per Wikipedia, "In 1976, the Spanish artist Agustín de la Herrán Matorras was commissioned by the religious order of the Oblates to build a 45-metre-tall aluminum monument of a madonna which was assembled on a high pedestal on the top of Panecillo. It is made of seven thousand pieces of aluminium. ...The virgin stands on top of a globe and is stepping on a snake, which is a classic madonna iconography. Less traditional are the wings. Locals claim that she is the only one in the world with wings like an angel. The monument was inspired by the famous "Virgen de Quito" (Quito's Madonna) also known as "the dancer" sculpted by Bernardo de Legarda in 1734, which now decorates the main altar at the Church of St. Francis. ...According to a bronze placard affixed to the monument, the woman represented by the statue is the Woman of the Apocalypse, as described in the Book of Revelation (Revelation 12:1–18)."

About this frameEl Panecillo.