Views on Château Lafite Rothschild - 2023
Antti Laitenen
Since his childhood in the Finnish forest, Antti Laitinen has developed a practice combining Land Art and photography. Nature is both his canvas and his palette: Antti uses the raw material of the landscape to create ephemeral installations, which he immortalizes through photography. He refers to his works as “Broken Landscapes”.
In Finland, he hunts and gathers wild food from spring to autumn. The rest of the year, it’s dark 24 hours a day and snow covers everything. But that doesn’t stop him from swimming in a 10-degree sea! This life in communion with the elements makes him a profound person, who never shies away from the big questions.
At Lafite, his gaze naturally fell on the hundred-year-old willows lining our garden. Depicted in the engraving adorning the label of our great wine, these trees green up every spring, creating caverns of tranquility beneath their curtains of leaves.
