Extinction Book
Human destruction of the living world is causing a “frightening” number of plant and animal extinctions, according to a growing number of scientists, studies, publications, and reports. In the last century, the awareness that human activities are harmful to the environment, to life in general, including that of humans has increased. Wars, climate change, diseases, pollution, technological escalation, deforestation are just some of the threats that challenge the survival of the species. 30 photographers selected by Urbanautica Institute. More on: http://www.urbanautica.com
Human destruction of the living world is causing a “frightening” number of plant and animal extinctions, according to a growing number of scientists, studies, publications, and reports. In the last century, the awareness that human activities are harmful to the environment, to life in general, including that of humans has increased. Wars, climate change, diseases, pollution, technological escalation, deforestation are just some of the threats that challenge the survival of the species.
30 photographers selected by Urbanautica Institute.
More on: http://www.urbanautica.com
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The photographs in this body of work titled Sicilia Fantasma, which literally
means “Ghost Sicily” represents a collection of personal visions about Sicily,
gathered between 2012 and 2018. In an attempt to represent the Land through
a series of landscapes, the desire is to generate a relationship between the
observer and the represented spaces which stimulates a delving beyond the
surface of the ‘scape’. In this way establishing a critical point of reflection on
who we are in relation to the characteristics of our spaces and our time. The
critique is expressed as a dialectical knot, rather than an assumption; elements
of concern more than a complaint, useful to gather questions and political
thoughts. As David Goldblatt said, «Events in themselves are not so much
interesting to me as the conditions that led to the events», in that way this work
represents something like a mirror, which reflects on belonging to a land - an
exercise in reading space and that which occurs in it, to better understand and
reposition our actions, feelings, relationships and responsibilities toward the
land, so ourselves.
Sicilia Fantasma
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