For Christiana, photo 18 x 25 cm. 7 x 10,6 inch
No real power
In 2014, I read an interview with Christiana Figueres, the president of the upcoming 2015 Paris Climate Conference. She spoke about the enormous responsibility she carried, despite having almost no real power.
Bridge that gap
To help symbolically bridge that gap, I spontaneously decided to visit the UN office and offer her (or her assistant) a scepter. However, I was stopped by UN security and couldn’t deliver it.
The scepter on the X-ray scanner
It was fascinating, though, to see the scepter on the X-ray scanner. Six years later, I met a woman who truly had both power and responsibility — and I took this photo.
# 52 Christiana’s Sceptre, 2014, 43,7 inch 125cm
