Posts tagged 2023 finalist
Leyla Mandel's "Synthetic Landscapes"

“Through this series of images, I explore what nature looks like in the age of post-industrialization. In the face of global politics, the environment is affected by human intervention: deforestation, climate destruction and urbanization. The idea of the "landscape" is no longer idyllic forests or fields of flowers but has instead been replaced by sprawling man-made concrete buildings in an industrial setting.”

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Ellen Chen’s “Fragile”

“‘Fragile’ aims to draw attention to how we are creating human-made disasters which in turn are affecting villages that often cannot get help. Far away in distant cities we go about our daily lives, unaware of how our lifestyle practices affect others around the planet. We need to care for our world because this is our only chance.”

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