Nature et Infrastructures

Since the beginning of his career, photographer Andrés Lejona (1962, Spain) has developed a body of work focused on evolving landscapes and the interactions between humans and their environment.

Through a selection of sixteen photographs from a new production, the exhibition Nature and Infrastructures highlights efforts to protect nature in the face of the climate crisis, biodiversity loss, and multiple undeniable environmental pressures today.

The exhibition invites visitors to discover little-known infrastructures that play a crucial role in the protection, conservation, and restoration of biodiversity in the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg.

Using medium and large format cameras, as well as drone technology, Andrés Lejona captures highly detailed images. The photographs featured in this exhibition offer a new perspective on often inaccessible infrastructures, revealing unexpected landscapes and ingenious solutions for coexistence, such as wildlife overpasses.

The traveling exhibition Nature and Infrastructures is part of the awareness-raising program from the National Nature Protection Plan (PNPN3) of the Ministry of the Environment, Climate, and Biodiversity, implemented through the joint efforts of the Nature and Forest Agency, the Water Management Agency, and the Environmental Agency.

Design and production: Ministère de l’Environnement, du Climat et de la Biodiversité, organised as part of the LUGA – Luxembourg Urban Garden
In collaboration with: Administration de la nature et des forêts (ANF), Administration de la gestion de l’eau (AGE), Administration de l’environnement

Andrés Lejona

Born in Spain in 1962, Andrés Lejona moved to Luxembourg in 1987, where he encountered the Raluy Circus. Fascinated by this experience, he accompanied the circus throughout Europe and the French Antilles. In 1993 he settled in Cartagena de Indias, Colombia. After returning to Europe in 2001, he lived in Lisbon before returning to Luxembourg, where he currently lives and works.

Lejona has carried out numerous artistic projects in Guadeloupe, Martinique, Colombia, France, Spain, and Portugal. During these travels, he published thematic books and participated in many exhibitions. Among his earlier projects, and as a link to his current work, are Lieux de passage, a series exploring spaces of transition and movement; L’ancien Findel, a documentary series about Luxembourg’s former airport; and Mémoires en transitions, a project focusing on the historical recovery of rural farms in the country. His work reflects a deep interest in places in transition and the interactions between humankind and their environment.