One of the photographs I took whilst wandering in and around the Pennines didn't quite fit in with all the other photographs and has been left out of my final images.
This is the image:
All my other images have no waste in the photographs as I wanted to keep the work about the borders and boundaries created by mankind, be that a fence or imaginary boundary line. This scene interested me and is the only reason I photographed it, separate from my other photographs by content and by thought process. The above scene was purely about the lack of human decency, people travel up to the Pennines and dump their waste in this beautiful landscape, they have absolutely no concern or care for this land of ours, or the people who have fought and died for this patch of land. You have rolling hills and grasslands all around you and then a garbage dump, it looks out of place and quite surreal! It's not a small patch either an covers approx 40 sq foot of land. With Government run garbage disposal plants in every town and city it is
beyond human comprehension why someone would travel to the back of beyond just to dump their waste!
Anyhow today I noticed a photography competition run by Syngenya Global, in reference to Global Waste and the encroachment of civilization onto farm lands or rural spaces.
The Syngenta Photography Award
The second Syngenta Photography Award invites photographers from all over the world to explore the tensions and relationships between scarcity and waste through compelling imagery. Photographers can submit their images in two categories – The Professional Commission and the Open Competition.The Award, worth a total of US$65,000 in prize money, is now open for entries until September 15, 2014.
I have entered the above photograph in the Open Competition and have named the photograph Calderdale. Kirklees. Oldham. This photograph was taken on the boundary lines for these three districts, none are doing anything to stop the dumping of waste onto the Pennines, a heritage site, close to the Pennine way and an absolute eyesore on the landscape.
I think this image fulfils the criteria for the competition.
In a world that is so desperately short of resources, how can we ensure that there is land, food and water for everyone? How can we protect farmland against soil erosion and urbanization? How can we conserve vital ecosystems and biodiversity?
And what can we learn from the efforts of innovative communities to conserve, re-use and recycle?
The Syngenta Photography Award is a celebration of artistic skill and outstanding photography. It is a call for photographs that tell stories about scarcity, waste and the tensions and relationships between them. Photographers, whatever their approach, are invited to submit images that explore these important issues, and to spark a dialogue about our changing planet.
This is the image:
All my other images have no waste in the photographs as I wanted to keep the work about the borders and boundaries created by mankind, be that a fence or imaginary boundary line. This scene interested me and is the only reason I photographed it, separate from my other photographs by content and by thought process. The above scene was purely about the lack of human decency, people travel up to the Pennines and dump their waste in this beautiful landscape, they have absolutely no concern or care for this land of ours, or the people who have fought and died for this patch of land. You have rolling hills and grasslands all around you and then a garbage dump, it looks out of place and quite surreal! It's not a small patch either an covers approx 40 sq foot of land. With Government run garbage disposal plants in every town and city it is
beyond human comprehension why someone would travel to the back of beyond just to dump their waste!
Anyhow today I noticed a photography competition run by Syngenya Global, in reference to Global Waste and the encroachment of civilization onto farm lands or rural spaces.
The Syngenta Photography Award
The second Syngenta Photography Award invites photographers from all over the world to explore the tensions and relationships between scarcity and waste through compelling imagery. Photographers can submit their images in two categories – The Professional Commission and the Open Competition.The Award, worth a total of US$65,000 in prize money, is now open for entries until September 15, 2014.
I have entered the above photograph in the Open Competition and have named the photograph Calderdale. Kirklees. Oldham. This photograph was taken on the boundary lines for these three districts, none are doing anything to stop the dumping of waste onto the Pennines, a heritage site, close to the Pennine way and an absolute eyesore on the landscape.
I think this image fulfils the criteria for the competition.
In a world that is so desperately short of resources, how can we ensure that there is land, food and water for everyone? How can we protect farmland against soil erosion and urbanization? How can we conserve vital ecosystems and biodiversity?
And what can we learn from the efforts of innovative communities to conserve, re-use and recycle?
The Syngenta Photography Award is a celebration of artistic skill and outstanding photography. It is a call for photographs that tell stories about scarcity, waste and the tensions and relationships between them. Photographers, whatever their approach, are invited to submit images that explore these important issues, and to spark a dialogue about our changing planet.
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