Credit: Mitra Tabrizian with Alan Harris.
Fotograpiya | British Photography Centre landscape and environment shows | via Amateur Photographer |
The Centre for British Photography (CBP) recently made an announcement on the opening of six new exhibitions in addition to other displays that will center on environmental and landscape photography. Work by young photographers who responded to the CBP’s open call a few months ago will also be on display. The work on display will range from lightbox composites created by Helen Sear to Plastic Soup, an immersive exhibition created by award-winning photographer Mandy Barker and designed to raise awareness of the issue of marine plastic pollution.
These displays will be on display from the 8th of June until the 24th of September 2023, and admission is free. Please visit the website of the Centre for British Photography for further information.
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Mandy Barker: Plastic Soup
Mandy Barker, a photographer who has won numerous awards for her work, creates her photographs with the intention of bringing attention to the issue of marine plastic waste. Her work has garnered international acclaim. Plastic Soup, which was presented for the first time by the National Trust at Laycock Abbey, is now being shown for the very first time in London. Within the context of this immersive installation, Barker use both visual interpretation and scientific collaboration as a means to motivate people to take action in addressing this worldwide environmental issue.
A vast buildup of waste that can be seen in a region of the North Pacific Ocean known as the Garbage Patch has been referred to by scientists as a “soup.” The term “soup” is used to describe the plastic garbage that is floating in the water and has been given this name. The series of photographs has been created with the intention of eliciting an emotional response from the viewer by mixing elements of apparent contradiction, namely an initial aesthetic attraction and an awareness of societal issues. The progression provides a story of the plastics in the water, beginning with the animals’ first attraction to the plastics and their attempts to absorb them, and ending with the animals’ deaths. It also represents the terrible statistics of plastics that have been distributed having no bounds. All of the plastics that were photographed were recovered from beaches located in different parts of the world. They are examples of a global collection of rubbish that has been floating around in the waters of the world for variable durations of time. The captions identify the types of plastic that can be seen in each photograph, so enlightening the audience on the reality of the situation and providing them with information.
