Mares polutos

Photographs in which the material is waste. In these images the surface of the sea looks untouched; there is no trace of industrial debris, yet the damage from pollution is not visible on the surface but condensed in the depths. What looks like serenity is, in its makeup, accumulated toxicity.

Each image captures a diorama built from scraps of bags, sponges, string and plastic film, photographed at high ISO with deliberate blur. The image fills with a dotted texture, edges dissolve and details disappear. These technical errors are failures that refer to the extraction, pollution and degradation of the environment. The photographic image degrades alongside the ecosystem it seeks to portray with serenity.