LOW 842
C-print Fuji Matt Crystal archive paper, © 2018 - ongoing
ENGLISH
This photography series - part of a larger work in progress on environmental ethics - depicts the dangerous condition of a territory destroyed by human action. Although it concerns the Terra dei Fuochi (Land of Fires) in Campania, we can recognise it elsewhere globally.
Various anomalies found in nature are depicted through their material form and color expression, such as: leachate in agricultural land, asbestos and metals abandoned in the fields, toxic clouds, contaminated fruit and vegetables left to rot, and poisoned aquifers.
To report the signs of our era, the so-called Anthropocene, I explored toxic places that should be avoided. I combed them both alone and with environmental and health activists, whom I consulted to learn more about the degradation of the surrounding ecosystem.
The title “LoW 842” refers to the acronym of List of Waste and to the number of items, with which the European Union has classified waste.
ITALIANO
Parte di un ampio lavoro in fieri sull’etica dell’ambiente, la serie fotografica “LoW 842” racconta la pericolosa condizione di un territorio distrutto dall’azione dell’uomo che, anche se riguarda la regione Campania, possiamo riconoscere altrove a livello globale.
Rifiuti plastici, materassi e pneumatici abbandonati nella natura, cumuli di lana di vetro bruciata al bordo di una strada di campagna, letti di combustione per accendere roghi, nubi tossiche dell’incendio doloso di un deposito di plastica, acque inquinate, percolato in terreni agricoli, frutta e ortaggi non raccolti in campi avvelenati da falde acquifere contaminate da discariche adiacenti vengono raffigurati nella loro dimensione materica ed espressione cromatica.
Il titolo LoW è l’acronimo di List of Waste, che si riferisce all’elenco di 842 voci stabilite dall’Unione Europea per classificare i rifiuti.
Bitumen membrane in the nature
Piles of burnt glass wool at roadside of agricultural land #1
Piles of burnt glass wool at roadside of agricultural land #2
Piles of burnt glass wool at roadside of agricultural land #3
Industrial plastic panel littered next to a country road #1
Industrial plastic panel littered next to a country road #2
Industrial plastic panel littered next to a country road #3
Mattresses unloaded in the open air next to side road
Dry paint scattered on ground
New road asphalt covering a cemented canal previously filled with waste #1, #2
Sequestered field with high amounts of asbestos covered with a plastic sheet for safety reasons #1, #2
Asbestos abandoned in a field
Metal waste unloaded in a sequestered field #1, #2
Tires unloaded at the edge of a country side road
Textile fabrics used to ignite illegal open-air fire at the edge of a country side road
During the toxic fire in a plastic waste storage facility #1, #2
Leachate leaked in a cultivate field from a close landfill #1
Leachate leaked in a cultivate field from a close landfill #2
Leachate leaked in a cultivate field from a close landfill #3
Leachate leaked in a cultivate field from a close landfill #4
Unsold vegetables dumped and burned in an unauthorized landfill
Rotten tomatoes in a sequestrate field #1
Rotten tomatoes in a sequestrate field #2
Rotten tomatoes in a sequestrate field #3
Savoy cabbage cultivated after the field soil contamination
Neglected plum tree in the field next to a waste storage site #2, #1
Polluted mouth of water purification plant
Abandoned tuff quarry filled with toxic waste
Bramble grown in abandoned tuff quarry filled with toxic waste
LOW 842
C-print Fuji Matt Crystal archive paper, © 2018 - ongoing
ENGLISH
This photography series - part of a larger work in progress on environmental ethics - depicts the dangerous condition of a territory destroyed by human action. Although it concerns the Terra dei Fuochi (Land of Fires) in Campania, we can recognise it elsewhere globally.
Various anomalies found in nature are depicted through their material form and color expression, such as: leachate in agricultural land, asbestos and metals abandoned in the fields, toxic clouds, contaminated fruit and vegetables left to rot, and poisoned aquifers.
To report the signs of our era, the so-called Anthropocene, I explored toxic places that should be avoided. I combed them both alone and with environmental and health activists, whom I consulted to learn more about the degradation of the surrounding ecosystem.
The title “LoW 842” refers to the acronym of List of Waste and to the number of items, with which the European Union has classified waste.
ITALIANO
Parte di un ampio lavoro in fieri sull’etica dell’ambiente, la serie fotografica “LoW 842” racconta la pericolosa condizione di un territorio distrutto dall’azione dell’uomo che, anche se riguarda la regione Campania, possiamo riconoscere altrove a livello globale.
Rifiuti plastici, materassi e pneumatici abbandonati nella natura, cumuli di lana di vetro bruciata al bordo di una strada di campagna, letti di combustione per accendere roghi, nubi tossiche dell’incendio doloso di un deposito di plastica, acque inquinate, percolato in terreni agricoli, frutta e ortaggi non raccolti in campi avvelenati da falde acquifere contaminate da discariche adiacenti vengono raffigurati nella loro dimensione materica ed espressione cromatica.
Il titolo LoW è l’acronimo di List of Waste, che si riferisce all’elenco di 842 voci stabilite dall’Unione Europea per classificare i rifiuti.
Piles of burnt glass wool at roadside of agricultural land #1
Piles of burnt glass wool at roadside of agricultural land #2
Piles of burnt glass wool at roadside of agricultural land #3
Mattresses unloaded in the open air next to side road
Industrial plastic panel littered next to a country road #1
Industrial plastic panel littered next to a country road #2
Industrial plastic panel littered next to a country road #3
Dry paint scattered on ground
New road asphalt covering a cemented canal previously filled with waste #1
New road asphalt covering a cemented canal previously filled with waste #2
Asbestos abandoned in a field
Sequestered field with high amounts of asbestos covered with a plastic sheet for safety reasons #1
Sequestered field with high amounts of asbestos covered with a plastic sheet for safety reasons #2
Metal waste unloaded in a sequestered field #1
Metal waste unloaded in a sequestered field #2
Textile fabrics used to ignite illegal open-air fire at the edge of a country side road
Tires unloaded at the edge of a country side road
During the toxic fire in a plastic waste storage facility #1
During the toxic fire in a plastic waste storage facility #2
Leachate leaked in a cultivate field from a close landfill #1
Leachate leaked in a cultivate field from a close landfill #2
Leachate leaked in a cultivate field from a close landfill #3
Leachate leaked in a cultivate field from a close landfill #4
Unsold vegetables dumped and burned in an unauthorized landfill
Rotten tomatoes in a sequestrate field #1
Rotten tomatoes in a sequestrate field #2
Rotten tomatoes in a sequestrate field #3
Savoy cabbage cultivated after the field soil contamination
Neglected plum tree in the field next to a waste storage site #1
Neglected plum tree in the field next to a waste storage site #2
Polluted mouth of water purification plant
Abandoned tuff quarry filled with toxic waste
Bramble grown in abandoned tuff quarry filled with toxic waste