Terra Cognita - Untamed

Terra Cognita is a photography exhibition about the relation between man and nature. It is a photographic journey in six chapters, with work which spans a range including landscape photography, documentary photography, art photography and computer generated images.The multi-faceted Willem van Haren Museum is showing the sixth chapter: Untamed.

Untamed

Man has tamed nature and cultivated it according to his own insights, but the total domination of nature remains an illusion. Hurricanes, tsunamis, forest fires and earthquakes remind us of that. Although nature lets itself be moulded, it is capable of unleashing forces against which man’s strength pales.

Museum Willem van Haren

Museum Willem van Haren in Heerenveen tells the stories of the rich gentlemen of the peat region and the poverty among the peat labourers, of the regal allure of Oranjewoud, of sports heroes like Abe Lenstra, and Heerenveen businesses like Batavus and Koninklijke Smilde.