Understandable a powerful set of images, showing how we are destroying this beautiful planet by greed. I love the power of black and white and vintage sepia effects. However in my opinion I find the border rather distracting. James Ravilious used a simple thin black frame which highlighted well.
A strong visual story Andrew, illustrating how we are degrading this planet and all life forms in it.

An interesting topic and images. I find it fascinating the way you have presented the project in a combination of the digital and the analogue. There is a real tension between the sharply outlined frame of the image and the brush strokes of the light-sensitive material applied to the paper. The references to historic forms of photography leads one to expect monumental subject matter of classical ruins or the American west. But you’ve chosen to depict the every-day, even the banal. It really clashes most sharply with the technique in shots like the airport or the motorway. I also like the way you have changed the colour of the prints by applying heat, thus referencing global warming.

My one reservation would be that I’m not sure I agree with your thesis that we are all responsible as individuals for climate change. I think the corporations carry more blame, in much the same way that advertising gambling with football matches leads individuals into a world of misery. It may well be that their only way out is down to them as an individual, but the advertising got them there in the first place. It’s even worse with climate change because individual actions won’t solve the problem for the planet, they won’t even solve the problem for the individual, unlike gambling, smoking, obesity etc.

Very nice work Andy. We all know how important story telling is in everything we do. No need for words or PowerPoint, the flow of photos speaks the story and as you click from image to image you can’t help but glean the message you are telling us. We all love the beautiful world and many of us take vacations to get out and see it. Then the reverse is the world we create, removing the nature we know to replace it with modern architecture and conveniences. I also like the style you used to express the message. the film grain and unique color feels old world and speaks well. Congrats on completing this nice project!

The photos in this collection show the huge range of both causes and consequences of the global climate crisis. The monochrome palette creates and reinforces a sense of the disconnect between the different elements. A drain represents flooding and subsequent pollution. Juxtapositions of air travel and commercial forestry bring echoes of globalisation in all its forms. However the links between the various elements become more evident as you go through the collection. The scale of the issues and impacts is also increasingly apparent: small changes or impacts create feedback mechanisms that then affect us all on a global scale, regardless of our location, given the knock on effects of climatic changes. Equally small scale solutions and changing behaviours can have global consequences. The question, and answer, therefore is do we accept that everyone and anyone can make a difference and must. Fantastic, simple yet eloquent observations of current challenges faced at personal and global levels. If I was still teaching I’d be using these to stimulate discussions with my students about scale and global systems!

Some powerful images, I would like to see some guidance to enhance the accessibility, such as an ironic title for each slide. Set to music it could be even more evocative x

Beautiful photos and evocative. I love the medium in sepia black and white but especially that the first first photo could have been taken now or long ago. It doesn’t set you immediately in any particular time and place. It could easily be from a generation or more ago , as the photos evolve it becomes more clear which time they are each from but it never fully emerges if the earlier ones are modern or old. I think this is particularly impactful when you consider the subject of climate change in connection with when did the major cause and effect occur? Did it evolve around us ? Are we merely the bystanders or were we and are we, responsible? Is it fair to assume that because we didn’t know the repercussions way back when , that those generations are absolved from blame ? If so then that takes us down the path of saying that no one is really to blame. Is it evolution ? And we are just bystanders? Or could we have , and are we now , taking decisions that can affect , stop or reverse climate change ? Is it simply that every day people follow their every day existence with the expectation of modern luxury – from energy supply to a simple coffee from a “chain” ? Human life is so relatively short that we can question that the subject is too wide for each person to affect and that leaves no wrong doing by living in your own bubble. You are simply doing what everyone else does. Which came first – the change in farming practice or the availability of modern travel (both in terms of affordability and accessibility) ? The conundrum is not presented with a solution – it is the old poem of The Road Less Travelled. That in itself gives the answer – we simply don’t know if we caused our climate status or if we are mere bystanders to an inevitable conclusion. This may sound a bit deep. But if you study the photos and ponder the question raised – then these are my thoughts / ramblings. If I was forced to make one change it would only be to start with a farming photo and finish with one. Because if you have followed my train of thought – it forms a circle between starting with a timeless photo and ending with one. As I say , just where my mind goes when I consider all this. Beautiful photos and well written and presented. Amazing work.

Hi Andrew, the first 10 photos I scrolled through thinking what on earth does this have to do with the subject, but 11 onwards really captured the impact we humans have which could have been avoided. If presenting it as a project I would either remove the first 10 or relocate them to the back so that the viewer gets full impact from the get-go. I get that agriculture has its part to play, but perhaps the black and white images are less clear than the originals or something – they just look like attractive everyday photos to me, but perhaps I am missing something!!!! Beautiful work as ever though xx

I love the images and feel your aesthetic and processing choices support your message. The project made me remember the outrage felt locally when the population of Thanet embraced a newly implemented recycling scheme only to find out that their recycling and regular rubbish were going into the back of the same truck! We felt angry about it, but as consumers, we created the need to introduce such a scheme in the first place.