Corals are fading under the stress, insects are disappearing, flowers are suppressing their attractiveness, all set in the background while people lose their ability to anchor themselves in reality. What else are we willing to give up? How far does the bottom of our recklessness extend? All of these processes are happening at incredible speed as a desperate effort to appeal for help, as an answer to the geopolitical developments of the last 50 years.
The selection of photographs was taken in response to the rapid changes in nature. The main subject of my interest is the great decline of insects. Research has shown that flowers are giving up pollinators and evolving to be less attractive to them. They are evolving to self-pollinate, which would work in the short term, but may limit their ability to adapt to future environmental changes. Plants are undoing thousands of years of evolution in response to a phenomenon that has only existed for the last few decades.
The black and white photographs of insects are appropriated materials - an old large collection of negatives edited by me that I found in an antique shop. The other shots were taken gradually and are my own.
