Electric.
To be risk averse in this neighbourhood is not an option. With pylons passing high overhead to connect others to the grid, residents climb and dangle makeshift cables that carry high voltage electricity down to their homes. It is not uncommon for sections of these neighbourhoods, built from scrap metal and recycled material, to become completely electrified. People are often killed by touching their walls.
No Consent.
Our ‘leaders’ are delivering a cruel and thorough injustice to our most vulnerable. But it’s rare to have policies, as atrocious as the forced closure of Aboriginal communities, so lightly scrape the news cycle or the collective conscience.
Lamu.
There is an immense amount of suffering in this world, but none more demoralising, repetitive and ignored as that suffered by animals.
7 Billion Litres.
In the town of Vestmannaeyjar, one can stand atop an old lava field 15 metres above where the old pub once stood. That wall of lava began to slowly devour the town, and was stopped by residents blasting 7 billion litres of water at it for 5 straight months.
Ísland.
In 1963, an eruption near Vestmannaeyjar pushed the Earth’s crust above the sea and created the island of Surtsey. Iceland swiftly proclaimed the territory to be a reserve and banned all human habitation. Only a handful of botanists and biologists have ever been allowed to venture there, and then only to study how life emerges without the interference of human interaction.
Vietnam.
Tourist hotspots are an echo of their true potential, come low season. It’s a strange thing to see a place defined by the absence of things that were never part of it to begin with.
TV Nomads.
The nomadic people of Mongolia are increasingly less nomadic than in previous times, anchored by solar-powered refrigerators and television sets.
Invisible Roads.
Speeding across a Gobi plain with the windshield full of nothing but horizon, the sensation of being lost became overwhelming and we began to wonder if we belonged anywhere at all. This man continued calmly to make distinct and purposeful turns along invisible roads. He navigated those plains without maps, compass or landmarks and found our route, with nothing to guide but the seemingly endless horizon.
Fisherman.
Portraits too often rely on the depth of the subject rather than the skill of the photographer. This man told a story with nothing more than a silhouette.
