Stella Ignition

Stella Ignition is a photographic project concerning our energy future. Transcending space and time, the works resist a singular interpretation, embracing complexity and contradiction throughout.

At its core, Stella Ignition explores humanity’s enduring relationship with the sun — from ancient worship to modern technological ambitions. The works connect our early myths and wonder of the heavens to today’s pursuit of energy and sustainability; from simply capturing the sun's energy in the form of solar, to recreating its very process here on earth through nuclear fusion.

The project highlights human knowledge and its resulting technologies: what we do with them, how far we go, and what limits we place upon them. It is here that questions of progress and responsibility emerge.