A book that shows the human impact on the environment, climate change and the waste cycle. On the occasion of the FotoFest 2016 which is taking place in Houston in the United States, 34 artists enclose their photographs in a volume entitled "Changing Circumstances".
A book showing the human impact on the environment, i climate changes and the waste cycle. On the occasion of the FotoFest 2016 which is taking place in Houston in the United States, 34 artists enclose their photographs in a volume entitled “Changing Circumstances”.
Through images but also videos and new media, the book shows the challenges imposed by global change, the aim is to stimulate through visual art, new ways of thinking to the role of man in the environment.
The artists and works of art therefore confront themselves on climate change, water and energy shortages and again on food production, population, natural resources, waste and migration.
Here are 10 images that show the impact of man on the environment:
Index
Soup – Bird’s Nest Ingredients
There are plastic nests accumulated in the ocean due to debris from fishing rods. “I hope that through this image, viewers question the use of plastic”.
Photographs: Mandy Barker / International Photo Festival
Suffocation #12, 2012–2014
“Several international steel companies have bought large tracts of land in Brazil and replaced the natural vegetation with transgenic eucalyptus, a tree from which vegetable carbon is obtained ". The eucalyptus tree, however, grows fast, consumes a lot of water and leaves the soil dry, this is the result.
Photographs: Pedro David / International FotoFest
The end of the Sermeq Kujalleq Glacier floats into the Ilulissat Icefjord, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, 35 miles east of Ilulissat, Greenland
Sermeq Kujalleq it is one of the most active glaciers in the world, occupying 10% of all Greenland ice.
Photographs: Daniel Beltra / FotoFest international
Thirst, 2009
“Spurred on by the completion of the Svalbard Global Seed Vault, I explored the role of seed banks and their conservation efforts in the face of climate change. I discovered a complex web of political and economic issues surrounding these large-scale collections ”.
Photographs: Dornith Doherty / FotoFest International
Madagascar: A Treasured Island, 2013
"I aspire to reveal the consequence of our material desires and unsustainable growth"
Photographs: Toby Smith / FotoFest International
The Titan Crane
Hotellneset Coal Harbour, Longyearbyen, Spitsbergen, Norway. “My photographs want to demonstrate the connection between the burning of coal, the main source of electricity in the world, and the melting of glaciers and icebergs”.
Photographs: Gina Glover / FotoFest International
Fruit Loops Landscape, 2012
“In these photographs we have traced the emotional and physical energy that flows through the intimate act of preparing and sharing food. The other side of the meal in America is a complex impersonal system of industrial agriculture, food processing and marketing ”.
Photographs: Barbara Ciurej and Lindsay Lochm / FotoFest International
Lurie Children’s Memorial (Looking Southwest), Chicago, IL, May 2012
"The photograph reflects the conflict between city dwellers and nature, the preoccipation in the face of continuous urban expansion".
Photographs: Brad Temkin / FotoFest International
Night Shift with Lamps, 2007
Phnom Penh is the municipal landfill of Cambodia. About 600 minors and 2 adults work there, eating and sleeping among the garbage and smoke, under plastic sheets or in the open air.
Photographs: Nigel Dickinson / FotoFest International
Colorado River Delta #2, Near San Felipe, Baja, Mexico, 2011
“Over the past five years, I've learned a few things about water. While trying to meet the growing water resources needs, civilization is reshaping the Earth in a colossal way ”.
Photographs: Ed Burtynsky / FotoFest International
Dominella Trunfio
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