Nydia Lilian

From Ashes to Life: The Fireborn Fungus

In 2022, there was a wildfire in Santiago, N.L., Mexico. Fortunately, it didn’t completely devastate the area, but it did leave several trees burned, which eventually fell. It wasn’t until November 2023 that, from a distance, I saw a nearly fluorescent orange spot that led me to discover this rare and vibrant fungus growing on the charred remains of a tree. 

As a visual artist, I almost always search in my imagination for the stories I want to tell, but this time nature surprised me with its own. 

When everything is destroyed, all that’s left is to rise and transform. Ecosystems struggle to recover, yet in their wake, they create space for something new to emerge. Who knows, maybe this fungus appeared just to remind me of that. 

it's beautiful and majestic; it reminds me of lava from a volcano, like the phoenix rising from the ashes in Fantasia movie. I really loved the concept of transformation through destruction in this finding

Thanks, Mother Nature, you’re crazy.

Just imagine,

imagine feeling fully alive

without having to think about that.

Sierra Madre Oriental: Geological Pink Tales Nydia Lilian, 2024-2025

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INSIDE_RS III

INSIDE_RS II

Mina, Nuevo León, México

holo eclipse with diffraction grating! 🌈🌙☀️💥✨

Hidden realities ✨✨✨

Me: How beautiful the moon is! But wait, are you sure it’s not a cosmic butterfly in disguise? I’m going to mirror it ✨🦋 💫🌙

night displacement  - Ilford Delta 3200

Experiment with 35mm film photography and chaotic Photoshop compositions of nights in San Francisco, USA.

night displacement - Valle Oriente

The stars are double exposures taken in my studio with night-street photography & experiments with chaotic Photoshop compositions.

night displacement

Experiment with 35mm film photography and chaotic Photoshop compositions of nights in San Francisco, USA.

Some months ago, I was traveling on a plane, and I have always enjoyed capturing the eastern Sierra Madre in northern Mexico. So, on those flights where I know I'll see it, I'm very focused on taking photos. It wasn't until I developed and scanned the negative films from that trip that my brain began connecting the dots, and I realized I had seen those mountains before. I kept looking at them, thinking it couldn't be possible, but then I checked my 'Elsewhere' project, which I took 10 years ago, and to my surprise, I had captured the same mountain in a very random way on two different commercial flights… mmh excuse me.. but wtf? 😂