honorable mention
Aardenburg & De Vries netherlands
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Proudly Australian
Beautiful landscapes are littered with waste, carelessly left behind by humans traveling through them.
Australia is known for its beautiful, varied landscapes and grandness. This summer I made a car trip of over 4,500 kilometers straight through the outback; from Adelaide, via Alice Springs, to Brisbane. Here, in addition to the beauty of this immense land, the pollution caused by man was striking. Wherever I stopped it was littered with waste; from plastic bottles to cans, from fast food wrappers to glass. In parts of the outback, fires had raged before, which is not surprising given the amount of litter.
Plastic does not decompose, it gradually breaks down into smaller and smaller plastic parts. All those pieces never decompose and are really everywhere: in water, soil and air. Cans are also polluting. Sometimes there is a thin layer of plastic on the inside. And the ink and coating of the can can be harmful to the environment. Glass in the burning sun can cause new forest fires to start.
How long does it take for this litter to decompose?
Cardboard drinking cup - Cardboard 2 to 5 months; plastic does not break down
Plastic bottles - Crumbles, but does not break down
Glass bottle - Does not decompose
Aluminum can - 50 years to never
Steel can - 1.5 to 500 years
We create the settings of our photos ourselves. Our images always have some absurdness or surrealness in it. We use Photoshop only to strengthen the image, not to manipulate it. So, what you see is real.
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entry description
Proudly Australian!Beautiful landscapes are littered with waste, carelessly left behind by humans traveling through them.
Australia is known for its beautiful, varied landscapes and grandness. This summer I made a car trip of over 4,500 kilometers straight through the outback; from Adelaide, via Alice Springs, to Brisbane. Here, in addition to the beauty of this immense land, the pollution caused by man was striking. Wherever I stopped it was littered with waste; from plastic bottles to cans, from fast food wrappers to glass. In parts of the outback, fires had raged before, which is not surprising given the amount of litter.
Plastic does not decompose, it gradually breaks down into smaller and smaller plastic parts. All those pieces never decompose and are really everywhere: in water, soil and air. Cans are also polluting. Sometimes there is a thin layer of plastic on the inside. And the ink and coating of the can can be harmful to the environment. Glass in the burning sun can cause new forest fires to start.
How long does it take for this litter to decompose?
Cardboard drinking cup - Cardboard 2 to 5 months; plastic does not break down
Plastic bottles - Crumbles, but does not break down
Glass bottle - Does not decompose
Aluminum can - 50 years to never
Steel can - 1.5 to 500 years
about the photographer
We are Jacqueline Aardenburg and Rosanne de Vries and together we are photographers duo Aardenburg & De Vries. During our photography studies at the Fotovakschool of Amsterdam we met and after a while decided to continue together.We create the settings of our photos ourselves. Our images always have some absurdness or surrealness in it. We use Photoshop only to strengthen the image, not to manipulate it. So, what you see is real.
back to gallery