Plastic Pollution Monochrome Photo Series
The motivation for creating this series was driven by two powerful emotions: anger and frustration. While walking home along a row of street trees, I was dismayed by the amount of plastic entangled in the leaves. They looked like poorly decorated Christmas trees, with random, ugly plastic pieces suffocating the foliage. I stopped, and pulled a piece of plastic from a tree, and that moment sparked the Plastic Pollution Monochrome Series.
The world is facing a plastic crisis, and continuing with the status quo is no longer an option. Plastic pollution is a global issue that demands an urgent, international response, involving all actors at different levels. – Source: Geneva Environment Network
Subject Matter Used to Create this Series
The organic materials used in this series are found flowers and leaves, as seen in various stages of decomposition in the monochrome imagery. The plastic, thick in consistency and pocket shaped became a perfect container for the flora. This plastic pocket introduces visual irregularities and peculiarities while serving as a metaphor for the suffocation of nature by plastic pollution.
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