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Burning World: Portraits in Ashes, 2020-present

Burning World: Scorched Topographies, 2020-present

The devastated Wadbilliga National Park. New South Wales, 2020 
The devastated Wadbilliga National Park. New South Wales, 2020 
Series: Burning World
chromogenic print on Fuji Crystal Archive paper
Available in 3 sizes:
30 x 24 cm / E. 4 + 1 AP 60 x 80 cm / E. 3 + 1 AP 100 x 80 cm / E. 2 + 1 AP Edition of 9 plus 4 artist's proofs
A devastated Tea-tree forest. Mallacoota, New South Wales, 2020 
Series: Burning World
chromogenic print on Fuji Crystal Archive paper
Available in 3 sizes:
30 x 24 cm / E. 4 + 1 AP 60 x 80 cm / E. 3 + 1 AP 100 x 80 cm / E. 2 + 1 AP Edition of 9 plus 4 artist's proofs
Series: Burning World
chromogenic print on Fuji Crystal Archive paper
Available in 3 sizes:
30 x 24 cm / E. 4 + 1 AP 60 x 80 cm / E. 3 + 1 AP 100 x 80 cm / E. 2 + 1 AP Edition of 9 plus 4 artist's proofs
Burnt portable toilet. Upper Brogo, New South Wales, 2020
Series: Burning World
chromogenic print on Fuji Crystal Archive paper
Available in 3 sizes:
30 x 24 cm / E. 4 + 1 AP 60 x 80 cm / E. 3 + 1 AP 100 x 80 cm / E. 2 + 1 AP Edition of 9 plus 4 artist's proofs
Series: Burning World
chromogenic print on Fuji Crystal Archive paper
Available in 3 sizes:
30 x 24 cm / E. 4 + 1 AP 60 x 80 cm / E. 3 + 1 AP 100 x 80 cm / E. 2 + 1 AP Edition of 9 plus 4 artist's proofs
Series: Burning World
chromogenic print on Fuji Crystal Archive paper
Available in 3 sizes:
30 x 24 cm / E. 4 + 1 AP 60 x 80 cm / E. 3 + 1 AP 100 x 80 cm / E. 2 + 1 AP Edition of 9 plus 4 artist's proofs
Series: Burning World
chromogenic print on Fuji Crystal Archive paper
Available in 3 sizes:
30 x 24 cm / E. 4 + 1 AP 60 x 80 cm / E. 3 + 1 AP 100 x 80 cm / E. 2 + 1 AP Edition of 9 plus 4 artist's proofs
Series: Burning World
chromogenic print on Fuji Crystal Archive paper
Available in 3 sizes:
30 x 24 cm / E. 4 + 1 AP 60 x 80 cm / E. 3 + 1 AP 100 x 80 cm / E. 2 + 1 AP Edition of 9 plus 4 artist's proofs
New growth after the fires. Wadbilliga National Park, New South Wales,  2020
Australia Fire Landscapes
New growth after the fires. Wadbilliga National Park, New South Wales, 2020 
Australia Fire Landscapes
New growth after the fires. Genoa, Victoria, 2020
The devastated Wadbilliga National Park. New South Wales, 2020 

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Dzhangal, 2016

Fabric doll with vinyl face, collected 21 May 2016
Digital inkjet print on Hahnemüle Photo Rag paper
49 1/4” x 39 3/8”
125 x 100 cm
Edition: 3 + 2 AP
Also available in 2 additional sizes (Editions 3 + 2 AP)
Knitted hat, collected 21 May 2016
Digital inkjet print on Hahnemüle Photo Rag paper
49 1/4” x 39 3/8”
125 x 100 cm
Edition: 3 + 2 AP
Also available in 2 additional sizes (Editions 3 + 2 AP)
Fifty-nine toothbrushes, collected 21 May and 15 September 2016
Digital inkjet print on Hahnemüle Photo Rag paper
39 ⅜” x 49 1/4”
100 x 125 x cm
Edition: 3 + 2 AP
Also available in 2 additional sizes (Editions 3 + 2 AP)
Sportful fleece, collected 15 September 2016
Digital inkjet print on Hahnemüle Photo Rag paper
49 1/4” x 39 3/8”
125 x 100 cm
Edition: 3 + 2 AP
Also available in 2 additional sizes (Editions 3 + 2 AP)
Check shirt, collected 15 September 2016
Digital inkjet print on Hahnemüle Photo Rag paper
49 1/4” x 39 3/8”
125 x 100 cm
Edition: 3 + 2 AP
Also available in 2 additional sizes (Editions 3 + 2 AP)
Forty-eight tear-gas canisters, collected 21 May, 15 September, 27
Digital inkjet print on Hahnemüle Photo Rag paper
49 1/4” x 39 3/8”
125 x 100 cm
Edition: 3 + 2 AP
Also available in 2 additional sizes (Editions 3 + 2 AP)
Twelve playing cards, collected 21 May 2016
Digital inkjet print on Hahnemüle Photo Rag paper
49 1/4” x 39 3/8”
125 x 100 cm
Edition: 3 + 2 AP
Also available in 2 additional sizes (Editions 3 + 2 AP)
Fifteen gloves and mittens, collected 21 May 2016
Digital inkjet print on Hahnemüle Photo Rag paper
49 1/4” x 39 3/8”
125 x 100 cm
Edition: 3 + 2 AP
Also available in 2 additional sizes (Editions 3 + 2 AP)
Ribbed section of knitwear, collected 15 September 2016
Digital inkjet print on Hahnemüle Photo Rag paper
49 1/4” x 39 3/8”
125 x 100 cm
Edition: 3 + 2 AP
Also available in 2 additional sizes (Editions 3 + 2 AP)
Timberland jacket, collected 15 September 2016
Digital inkjet print on Hahnemüle Photo Rag paper
49 1/4” x 39 3/8”
125 x 100 cm
Edition: 3 + 2 AP
Also available in 2 additional sizes (Editions 3 + 2 AP)
Saw, collected 21 May 2016
Digital inkjet print on Hahnemüle Photo Rag paper
49 1/4” x 39 3/8”
125 x 100 cm
Edition: 3 + 2 AP
Also available in 2 additional sizes (Editions 3 + 2 AP)
Fifteen shoes, trainers, and sandals, collected 21 May, 15 September, 27October, and 28 October 2016
Digital inkjet print on Hahnemüle Photo Rag paper
49 1/4” x 39 3/8”
125 x 100 cm
Edition: 3 + 2 AP
Also available in 2 additional sizes (Editions 3 + 2 AP)
Fifty-five shot gun casings, collected 21 May, 15 September, 27 October, and 28 October 2016
Digital inkjet print on Hahnemüle Photo Rag paper
49 1/4” x 39 3/8”
125 x 100 cm
Edition: 3 + 2 AP
Also available in 2 additional sizes (Editions 3 + 2 AP)
Olaf the Snowman, collected 21 May 2016
Digital inkjet print on Hahnemüle Photo Rag paper
49 1/4” x 39 3/8”
125 x 100 cm
Edition: 3 + 2 AP
Also available in 2 additional sizes (Editions 3 + 2 AP)
Twenty-five tear-gas canister propellant cups, collected 21 May and 15 September 2016
Digital inkjet print on Hahnemüle Photo Rag paper
49 1/4” x 39 3/8”
125 x 100 cm
Edition: 3 + 2 AP
Also available in 2 additional sizes (Editions 3 + 2 AP)
Tampon with applicator, collected 21 May 2016
Digital inkjet print on Hahnemüle Photo Rag paper
49 1/4” x 39 3/8”
125 x 100 cm
Edition: 3 + 2 AP
Also available in 2 additional sizes (Editions 3 + 2 AP)

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Damage, 2016

Rally welcoming SWAPO leader, Sam Nujoma, after thirty years’ exile. Windhoek, Namibia, September 24, 1989
Digital print from water- and mould-damaged negative on Hahnemüle Fine Art Bayta paper
100 x 178.20 cm; Edition: 3 + 2 AP
45 x 80.20 cm; Edition: 5 + 2 AP
Shacks burn in conflict between ANC and Inkatha supporters. Ubumbulu, KwaZulu-Natal, 1985
Digital print from water- and mould-damaged negative on Hahnemüle Fine Art Bayta paper
100 x 217 cm; Edition: 3 + 2 AP
45 x 97 cm; Edition: 5 + 2 AP
Rand Afrikaans University rugby team and cheerleaders. Johannesburg, South Africa, 1989
Digital print from water- and mould-damaged negative on Hahnemüle Fine Art Bayta paper
100 x 217 cm; Edition: 3 + 2 AP
45 x 97 cm; Edition: 5 + 2 AP
Police dismantle a burning barricade. Soweto, South Africa, 1985
Digital print from water- and mould-damaged negative on Hahnemüle Fine Art Bayta paper
100 x 106 cm; Edition: 3 + 2 AP
55 x 58.6 cm; Edition: 5 + 2 AP
Funeral for four young activists killed by police. KwaThema, South Africa, July 1985
Digital print from water- and mould-damaged negative on Hahnemüle Fine Art Bayta paper
100 x 92 cm; Edition: 3 + 2 AP
55 x 50.70 cm; Edition: 5 + 2 AP
Student protest, Athlone, Cape Town, South Africa, 1985
Digital print from water- and mould-damaged negative on Hahnemüle Fine Art Bayta paper
100 x 108.70 cm; Edition: 3 + 2 AP
55 x 60 cm; Edition: 5 + 2 AP
Casket of Mita Ngubeni, killed by police rubber bullet. Atteridgeville Township, Pretoria, South Africa, 18 September 1985
Digital print from water- and mould-damaged negative on Hahnemüle Fine Art Bayta paper
100 x 110 cm; Edition: 3 + 2 AP
55 x 60.40 cm; Edition: 5 + 2 AP
Activist at a mass funeral for youths slain by Police, KwaThema, South Africa, July 1985
Digital print from water- and mould-damaged negative on Hahnemüle Fine Art Bayta paper
100 x 109 cm; Edition: 3 + 2 AP
55 x 60 cm; Edition: 5 + 2 AP
Funeral of Nchabaleng,leader of the UDF in Northern Transvaal who died in Police custody. Sekukhuni Land, South Africa, April 1986
Digital print from water- and mould-damaged negative on Hahnemüle Fine Art Bayta paper
100 x 193.60 cm; Edition: 3 + 2 AP
45 x 87 cm; Edition: 5 + 2 AP
Winnie Mandela joins a student protest at Wits University Johannesburg, South Africa, October 1986
Digital print from water- and mould-damaged negative on Hahnemüle Fine Art Bayta paper
100 x 109 cm; Edition: 3 + 2 AP
55 x 60.10 cm; Edition: 5 + 2 AP
Protestors outside Khotso House Johannesburg, South Africa, 1986
Digital print from water- and mould-damaged negative on Hahnemüle Fine Art Bayta paper
100 x 168 cm; Edition: 3 + 2 AP
45 x 75.5 cm; Edition: 5 + 2 AP
Firefighters battle a factory fire Observatory, Cape Town, South Africa, 1983
Digital print from water- and mould-damaged negative on Hahnemüle Fine Art Bayta paper
100 x 109 cm; Edition: 3 + 2 AP
55 x 60 cm; Edition: 5 + 2 AP
Protest march by students at Wits, University Johannesburg, South Africa, 1986
Digital print from water- and mould-damaged negative on Hahnemüle Fine Art Bayta paper
100 x 229 cm; Edition: 3 + 2 AP
45 x 103 cm; Edition: 5 + 2 AP
Rally welcoming SWAPO leader, Sam Nujoma, after thirty years’ exile. II Windhoek, Namibia, September 24, 1989
Digital print from water- and mould-damaged negative on Hahnemüle Fine Art Bayta paper
100 x 178.20 cm; Edition: 3 + 2 AP
45 x 80 cm; Edition: 5 + 2 AP
Protestors outside Khotso House Johannesburg, South Africa, 1986
Digital print from water- and mould-damaged negative on Hahnemüle Fine Art Bayta paper
100 x 218 cm; Edition: 3 + 2 AP
45 x 98 cm; Edition: 5 + 2 AP
Student protest at Wits University Johannesburg, South Africa, October 1986
Digital print from water- and mould-damaged negative on Hahnemüle Fine Art Bayta paper
100 x 266.4 cm; Edition: 3 + 2 AP
45 x 120 cm; Edition: 5 + 2 AP

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Drowning World series overview, 2007-present

Drowning World: Deluge, 2018

Deluge, 2018
Series: Drowning World
5-screen sound and video installation
Edition: 5 + 2 AP
Deluge, 2018
Series: Drowning World
5-screen sound and video installation
Edition: 5 + 2 AP
Deluge, 2018
Series: Drowning World
5-screen sound and video installation
Edition: 5 + 2 AP
Deluge, 2018
Series: Drowning World
5-screen sound and video installation
Edition: 5 + 2 AP
Deluge, 2018
Series: Drowning World
5-screen sound and video installation
Edition: 5 + 2 AP
Deluge, 2018
Series: Drowning World
5-screen sound and video installation
Edition: 5 + 2 AP
Deluge, 2018
Series: Drowning World
5-screen sound and video installation
Edition: 5 + 2 AP
Deluge, 2018
Series: Drowning World
5-screen sound and video installation
Edition: 5 + 2 AP
Deluge, 2018
Series: Drowning World
5-screen sound and video installation
Edition: 5 + 2 AP

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Drowning World: Watermarks

From the home of Muskan and Javed Ahmed (3), Mahjoor Nagar, Srinagar, Kashmir, India, September 2014
16 1/2” x 23 1/4” / 42 x 59.4 cm; Edition: 5 + 2 AP
36” x 48” / 90 x 122 cm; Edition: 3 + 2 AP
Found on Goburra Street in Rocklea (11), Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, January 2011
16 1/2” x 23 1/4” / 42 x 59.4 cm; Edition: 5 + 2 AP
36” x 48” / 90 x 122 cm; Edition: 3 + 2 AP
From the home of Shirley Armitage (5), Moorland Village, Somerset, UK, February 2014
16 1/2” x 23 1/4” / 42 x 59.4 cm; Edition: 5 + 2 AP
36” x 48” / 90 x 122 cm. Edition: 3 + 2 AP
From the household of Muskan and Javed Ahmed (1), Mahjoor Nagar, Srinagar, Kashmir, India, September 2014
16 1/2” x 23 1/4” / 42 x 59.4 cm; Edition: 5 + 2 AP
From the home of Comrade Abdul Rashid (7), Bemina, Srinagar, Kashmir, India, October 2014
16 1/2” x 23 1/4” / 42 x 59.4cm; Edition: 5 + 2 AP
36” x 48” / 90 x 122 cm; Edition: 3 + 2 AP
From the home of Mushaq Ahmad Wani and Shafeeqa Mushtaq (2), Jawahar Nagar, Srinagar, Kashmir, India. October 2014
16 1/2” x 23 1/4” / 42 x 59.4 cm; Edition: 5 + 2 AP
36” x 48” / 90 x 122 cm; Edition: 3 + 2 AP
From the home of Comrade Abdul Rashid (3), Bemina, Srinagar, Kashmir, India, October 2014
23 1/4” x 16 1/2” / 59.4 x 42 cm; Edition: 5 + 2 AP
48” x 36” / 122 x 90 cm; Edition: 3 + 2 AP
From the home of Mushaq Ahmad Wani and Shafeeqa Mushtaq (1), Jawahar Nagar, Srinagar, Kashmir, India, October 2014
16 1/2” x 23 1/4” / 42 x 59.4 cm; Edition: 5 + 2 AP
36” x 48” / 90 x 122 cm; Edition: 3 + 2 AP
16 1/2” x 23 1/4” / 42cm x 59.4cm. Ed: 5 + 2 AP
36” x 48” / 90cm x 122cm. Ed: 3 + 2 AP
From the home of Comrade Abdul Rashid (5), Bemina, Srinagar, Kashmir, India, October 2014
16 1/2” x 23 1/4” / 42 x 59.4 cm; Edition: 5 + 2 AP
36” x 48” / 90 x 122 cm; Edition: 3 + 2 AP
From the home of Muskan and Javed Ahmed (2), Mahjoor Nagar, Srinagar, Kashmir, India, September 2014
16 1/2” x 23 1/4” / 42 x 59.4cm; Edition: 5 + 2 AP
36” x 48” / 90 x 122 cm. Edition: 3 + 2 AP
Found on Goburra Street in Rocklea (1), Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, January 2011
Found on Goburra Street in Rocklea (2), Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, January 2011
Found on Goburra Street in Rocklea (3), Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, January 2011
From the home of Shirley Armitage (1), Moorland Village, Somerset, UK, February 2014
From the home of Shirley Armitage (2), Moorland Village, Somerset, UK, February 2014
Found on Goburra Street in Rocklea (5), Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, January 2011
Found on Goburra Street in Rocklea (6), Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, January 2011
From the home of Eduard Brunner (1), Deggendorf, Bavaria, Germany, June 2013
Found floating in floodwater (1), Jawahar Nagar, Srinagar, Kashmir, India, October 2014
Found floating in floodwater (2), Jawahar Nagar, Srinagar, Kashmir, India, October 2014
Found floating in floodwater (3), Jawahar Nagar, Srinagar, Kashmir, India, October 2014
Found floating in floodwater (4), Jawahar Nagar, Srinagar, Kashmir, India, October 2014
From the home of Comrade Abdul Rashid (1), Bemina, Srinagar, Kashmir, India, October 2014
From the home of Eduard Brunner (2), Deggendorf, Bavaria, Germany, June 2013
Found on Goburra Street in Rocklea (7), Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, January 2011
Found on Goburra Street in Rocklea (8), Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, January 2011
From the home of Comrade Abdul Rashid (6), Bemina, Srinagar, Kashmir, India, October 2014
Found on Goburra Street in Rocklea (9), Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, January 2011
Found on Goburra Street in Rocklea (10), Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, January 2011
From the home of Shirley Armitage (6), Moorland Village, Somerset, UK, February 2014

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Drowning World: Submerged Portraits

João Pereira de Araújo
Taquari District, Rio Branco, Brazil. March 2015
Chromogenic print on Fuji Crystal Archive
27 1/2” x 27 1/2 / 48” x 48”; Edition: 5 + 2 AP
70 x 70 cm / 122 x 122 cm; Edition: 3 + 2 AP
João Gonzaga de Sousa
Taquari District, Rio Branco, Brazil. March 2015
Chromogenic print on Fuji Crystal Archive
27 1/2” x 27 1/2 / 48” x 48”; Edition: 5 + 2 AP
70 x 70 cm / 122 x 122 cm; Edition: 3 + 2 AP
Adlene Pierre
Savanne Desolée, Gonaïves, Haiti September 2008
Chromogenic print on Fuji Crystal Archive
27 1/2” x 27 1/2 / 48” x 48”; Edition: 5 + 2 AP
70 x 70 cm / 122 x 122 cm; Edition: 3 + 2 AP
Ahmed
Khairpur Nathan Shah, Sindh, Pakistan. September 2010
Chromogenic print on Fuji Crystal Archive
27 1/2” x 27 1/2 / 48” x 48”; Edition: 5 + 2 AP
70 x 70 cm / 122 x 122 cm; Edition: 3 + 2 AP
Joseph and Endurance Edem, with their children Godfreedom and Josephine
Igbogene, Bayelsa State, Nigeria. November 2012
Chromogenic print on Fuji Crystal Archive
27 1/2” x 27 1/2 / 48” x 48”; Edition: 5 + 2 AP
70 x 70 cm / 122 x 122 cm; Edition: 3 + 2 AP
Mushaq Ahmad Wani and Shafeeqa Mushtaq
Jawahar Nagar, Srinagar, Kashmir, India. October 2014
Chromogenic print on Fuji Crystal Archive
27 1/2” x 27 1/2 / 48” x 48”; Edition: 5 + 2 AP
70 x 70 cm / 122 x 122 cm; Edition: 3 + 2 AP
Sanya, Rubina and Salman
Khalsamari Village, Assam, India. October 2014
Chromogenic print on Fuji Crystal Archive
27 1/2” x 27 1/2 / 48” x 48”; Edition: 5 + 2 AP
70 x 70 cm / 122 x 122 cm; Edition: 3 + 2 AP
Unnamed boy
Gonaives, Haiti. September 2008
Chromogenic print on Fuji Crystal Archive
27 1/2” x 27 1/2 / 48” x 48”; Edition: 5 + 2 AP
70 x 70 cm / 122 x 122 cm; Edition: 3 + 2 AP
Tibo Jean Fritzner
Decade, Haiti. September 2008
Tibo Jean Fritzner, 48, faces the camera in his flooded home in Decade in southeast Haiti. His house was damaged by Hurricane Gustav. During the hurricane season of 2008 Haiti was subjected to four destructive hurricanes in the space of twenty days. This increasing severity and quantity of hurricanes is one of the effects of climate change. “We were very scared when the hurricane came. It was very windy and there were corrugated iron sheets flapping noisily. There was so much noise – the wind, and people crying, people shouting and running in the street. Someone came to help my mother get away, and someone else helped me with the pigs and goats. So then we left the house and fled. We had no idea whether the house would still be there afterwards – we just saved ourselves. This is the highest the water has ever risen. I’ve never seen a flood like it.”
Chromogenic print on Fuji Crystal Archive
27 1/2” x 27 1/2 / 48” x 48”; Edition: 5 + 2 AP
70 x 70 cm / 122 x 122 cm; Edition: 3 + 2 AP
Jameela Khan
Bemina, Srinagar, Kashmir, India. October 2014
Chromogenic print on Fuji Crystal Archive
27 1/2” x 27 1/2 / 48” x 48”; Edition: 5 + 2 AP
70 x 70 cm / 122 x 122 cm; Edition: 3 + 2 AP
Chinta and Samundri Davi
Salempur Village near Muzaffarpur, Bihar, India. August 2007
Chromogenic print on Fuji Crystal Archive
27 1/2” x 27 1/2 / 48” x 48”; Edition: 5 + 2 AP
70 x 70 cm / 122 x 122 cm; Edition: 3 + 2 AP
Jeff and Tracey Waters
Staines-upon-Thames, Surrey, UK. February 2014
Chromogenic print on Fuji Crystal Archive
27 1/2” x 27 1/2 / 48” x 48”; Edition: 5 + 2 AP
70 x 70 cm / 122 x 122 cm; Edition: 3 + 2 AP
Margaret Clegg
Toll Bar Village, South Yorkshire, UK. June 2007
Margaret Clegg is shocked as she surveys the floodwaters and the damage inside her home in Toll Bar village outside Doncaster. She had only recently put down a new floor in her kitchen, new carpets, installed new doors and purchased her new lounge suite. She owns her house and does have insurance cover. On the previous Monday she went to bed and woke up in the morning to find the water half way up her kitchen. 'I feel awful I could cry'. There is nothing I can do about it, I just have to carry on'. This was one of the communities flooded when a freak storm unleashed a deluge of rain on parts of northern England in which more than four inches of rain fell in 24 hours. The devastation was caused by extreme and unpredictable weather and it is this kind of freak event, which climate scientists have been predicting, will become more frequent as a consequence of global warming.
Chromogenic print on Fuji Crystal Archive
27 1/2” x 27 1/2 / 48” x 48”; Edition: 5 + 2 AP
70 x 70 cm / 122 x 122 cm; Edition: 3 + 2 AP
Vilian Sousa da Silva
Taquari District, Rio Branco, Brazil. March 2015
Chromogenic print on Fuji Crystal Archive
27 1/2” x 27 1/2 / 48” x 48”; Edition: 5 + 2 AP
70 x 70 cm / 122 x 122 cm; Edition: 3 + 2 AP
Marie Miracle Andris
Marigot, Haiti. September 2008
Marie Miracle Andris aged 75 stands in front of her flooded house in Marigot in southeast Haiti. Her house was flooded and damaged by Hurricane Gustav. During the hurricane season of 2008 Haiti was subjected to four destructive hurricanes in the space of twenty days. This increasing severity and quantity of hurricanes is one of the effects of climate change, which scientists have been predicting. Haiti is extremely vulnerable to these hurricanes due to the uncontrolled deforestation of its mountains and hillsides for the production of charcoal. Hence the mountains do not hold rainwater resulting in widespread flooding. “I lost a lot of things. I had a table and a cupboard for crockery and I had a refrigerator. They were all destroyed when the tree fell. Now if you asked me for some water, I would have nothing to serve it in, because there’s nothing left.”
Chromogenic print on Fuji Crystal Archive
27 1/2” x 27 1/2 / 48” x 48”; Edition: 5 + 2 AP
70 x 70 cm / 122 x 122 cm; Edition: 3 + 2 AP
Suparat Taddee
Chumchon Ruamjai Community, Bangkok, Thailand, November 2011
Chromogenic print on Fuji Crystal Archive
27 1/2” x 27 1/2 / 48” x 48”; Edition: 5 + 2 AP
70 x 70 cm / 122 x 122 cm; Edition: 3 + 2 AP
Epidiri and Samuel Godfrey
Igbogeni, Bayelsa State, Nigeria, November 2012
During September and October 2012, the city of Yenagoa and the rest of the state of Bayelsa suffered severe flooding. This was just one of the 14 states affected when Nigeria experienced its worst flooding in half a century. At least 363 people perished and more than two million people were displaced as a result of these floods which received minimal media coverage globally. Bayelsa and the neighboring state of Delta were said to the worst affected, and the flooding left around 120,000 people homeless across both states. Crops and agriculture, as well as homes, were also ruined. The rains and floods were so bad that the Governor, Seriaki Dickson, claimed that the state of Bayelsa had been completely cut off from the rest of the country. Many of those who suffered during complained of how unprepared local and national government was.
Chromogenic print on Fuji Crystal Archive
27 1/2” x 27 1/2 / 48” x 48”; Edition: 5 + 2 AP
70 x 70 cm / 122 x 122 cm; Edition: 3 + 2 AP
Mushaq Ahmad Wani and Shafeeqa Mushtaq
Jawahar Nagar, Srinagar, Kashmir, India. October 2014
Chromogenic print on Fuji Crystal Archive
27 1/2” x 27 1/2 / 48” x 48”; Edition: 5 + 2 AP
70 x 70 cm / 122 x 122 cm; Edition: 3 + 2 AP
J.B. Singh
Jawahar Nagar, Srinagar, Kashmir, India. October 2014
Chromogenic print on Fuji Crystal Archive
27 1/2” x 27 1/2 / 48” x 48”; Edition: 5 + 2 AP
70 x 70 cm / 122 x 122 cm; Edition: 3 + 2 AP
Abdul Ghafoor
Manghal Khan Brohi Village, Sindh, Pakistan. September 2010
Chromogenic print on Fuji Crystal Archive
27 1/2” x 27 1/2 / 48” x 48”; Edition: 5 + 2 AP
70 x 70 cm / 122 x 122 cm; Edition: 3 + 2 AP
Sakorn Ponsiri
Chumchon Ruamjai Community, Bangkok, Thailand. November 2011
Chromogenic print on Fuji Crystal Archive
27 1/2” x 27 1/2 / 48” x 48”; Edition: 5 + 2 AP
70 x 70 cm / 122 x 122 cm; Edition: 3 + 2 AP
Francisco Lopes da Silva
Taquari District, Rio Branco, Brazil, March 2015
Chromogenic print on Fuji Crystal Archive
27 1/2” x 27 1/2 / 48” x 48”; Edition: 5 + 2 AP
70 x 70 cm / 122 x 122 cm; Edition: 3 + 2 AP
Christa and Salomon Raymond Fils
Decade Village, Haiti. September 2008
Chromogenic print on Fuji Crystal Archive
27 1/2” x 27 1/2 / 48” x 48”; Edition: 5 + 2 AP
70 x 70 cm / 122 x 122 cm; Edition: 3 + 2 AP
Severine Leboeuf
Rue de Belle Place Villeneuve-Saint-Georges, France, February 2018
Chromogenic print on Fuji Crystal Archive
27 1/2” x 27 1/2 / 48” x 48”; Edition: 5 + 2 AP
70 x 70 cm / 122 x 122 cm; Edition: 3 + 2 AP
Florence Abraham
Igbogene, Bayelsa State, Nigeria. November 2012
Chromogenic print on Fuji Crystal Archive
27 1/2” x 27 1/2 / 48” x 48”; Edition: 5 + 2 AP
70 x 70 cm / 122 x 122 cm; Edition: 3 + 2 AP
Francisca Chagas dos Santos
Taquari District, Rio Branco, Brazil. March 2015
Chromogenic print on Fuji Crystal Archive
27 1/2” x 27 1/2 / 48” x 48”; Edition: 5 + 2 AP
70 x 70 cm / 122 x 122 cm; Edition: 3 + 2 AP
Graham and Kieran Leith
Toll Bar Village, South Yorkshire, UK. June 2007
Graham Leith (in green shirt) and his son Kieran in the flooded house of his mother Doreen Leith in Toll Bar village outide Doncaster. Doreen had been too shocked to come back to the house so her son and grandchild had come back to search for her insurance papers. This was one of the communities flooded when a freak storm unleashed a deluge of rain on parts of northern England in which more than four inches of rain fell in 24 hours. The devastation was caused by extreme and unpredictable weather and it is this kind of freak event, which climate scientists have been predicting, will become more frequent as a consequence of global warming.
Chromogenic print on Fuji Crystal Archive
27 1/2” x 27 1/2 / 48” x 48”; Edition: 5 + 2 AP
70 x 70 cm / 122 x 122 cm; Edition: 3 + 2 AP
José Alcides dos Santos and Erenilce Lima e Silva
Taquari District, Rio Branco, Brazil. March 2015
Chromogenic print on Fuji Crystal Archive
27 1/2” x 27 1/2 / 48” x 48”; Edition: 5 + 2 AP
70 x 70 cm / 122 x 122 cm; Edition: 3 + 2 AP
Victor and Hope America
Igbogene, Bayelsa State, Nigeria. November 2012
Chromogenic print on Fuji Crystal Archive
27 1/2” x 27 1/2 / 48” x 48”; Edition: 5 + 2 AP
70 x 70 cm / 122 x 122 cm; Edition: 3 + 2 AP
Wilaiporn Hongjantuek
Amornchai, Bangkok, Thailand. November 2011
Chromogenic print on Fuji Crystal Archive
27 1/2” x 27 1/2 / 48” x 48”; Edition: 5 + 2 AP
70 x 70 cm / 122 x 122 cm; Edition: 3 + 2 AP
Anchalee Koyama
Taweewattana District, Bangkok, Thailand. November 2011
Chromogenic print on Fuji Crystal Archive
27 1/2” x 27 1/2 / 48” x 48”; Edition: 5 + 2 AP
70 x 70 cm / 122 x 122 cm; Edition: 3 + 2 AP
Kingsley Isiakpere and Edna Silas
Igbogene, Bayelsa State, Nigeria, November 2012
Chromogenic print on Fuji Crystal Archive
27 1/2” x 27 1/2 / 48” x 48”; Edition: 5 + 2 AP
70 x 70 cm / 122 x 122 cm; Edition: 3 + 2 AP
Shirley Armitage
Moorland Village, Somerset, UK, February 2014
Chromogenic print on Fuji Crystal Archive
27 1/2” x 27 1/2 / 48” x 48”; Edition: 5 + 2 AP
70 x 70 cm / 122 x 122 cm; Edition: 3 + 2 AP
Carrie-Ann Garner and Danny Jones pose for a photograph as they try to sweep the last of the floodwater out of the house in Toll Bar village that Danny shares with his mother. Carrie Ann is a neighbour who was helping out. In the background the level that the floodwaters came up to is visible, as the wallpaper is peeled off up to that height. This was one of the communities flooded when a freak storm unleashed a deluge of rain on parts of northern England in which more than four inches of rain fell in 24 hours. The devastation was caused by extreme and unpredictable weather and it is this kind of freak event, which climate scientists have been predicting, will become more frequent as a consequence of global warming
Bindeshwar Sahni outside his flooded house in Pir-muhammadpur village on the banks of the river Ganda which was totally submerged by the recent flooding. Most people in this community are displaced and staying in a camp set up by the Muzaffarpur Development Agency a local partner of the charity Action Aid. This is one of many communities in the province of Bihar devastated by the worst floods in living memory which have submerged thousands of villages and huge swathes of farmland in northern India, Bangladesh and Nepal. In Bihar alone more than 515 people have perished and more than 16 million people have been affected. At least two million people have been displaced and are forced to live outdoors on higher ground. These floods were caused by the sort of extreme weather that scientists have been predicting will become more frequent as a result of global warming.

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Drowning World: Floodlines

The home of John Jackson
Toll Bar Village near Doncaster, UK, June 2007
27 1/2” x 27 1/2 / 70 x 70 cm
48” x 48” / 122 x 122 cm
71” x 71” / 180 x 180 cm
Edition: 3 + 1 AP
Front Garden
Toll Bar Village near Doncaster, UK. June 2007
27 1/2” x 27 1/2 / 70 x 70 cm
48” x 48” / 122 x 122 cm
71” x 71” / 180 x 180 cm
Edition: 3 + 1 AP
The home of Tibo Jean Fritzner
Decade Village, Haiti. September 2008
The house of Tibo Jean Fritzner in Decade in southeast Haiti is full of mud after being flooded and damaged by Hurricane Gustav. During the hurricane season of 2008 Haiti was subjected to four destructive hurricanes in the space of twenty days. This increasing severity and quantity of hurricanes is one of the effects of climate change. "We were very scared when the hurricane came. It was very windy and there were corrugated iron sheets flapping noisily. There was so much noise Ð the wind, and people crying, people shouting and running in the street. Someone came to help my mother get away, and someone else helped me with the pigs and goats. So then we left the house and fled. We had no idea whether the house would still be there afterwards - we just saved ourselves. This is the highest the water has ever risen. I've never seen a flood like it."
27 1/2” x 27 1/2 / 70 x 70 cm
48” x 48” / 122 x 122 cm
71” x 71” / 180 x 180 cm
Edition: 3 + 1 AP
The home of Ratmas Ebiarohon
Igbogeni, Bayelsa State, Nigeria, November 2012
27 1/2” x 27 1/2 / 70 x 70 cm
48” x 48” / 122 x 122 cm
71” x 71” / 180 x 180 cm
Edition: 3 + 1 AP
The home of Wista Jacques
Gonaives, Haiti. September 2008
27 1/2” x 27 1/2 / 70 x 70 cm
48” x 48” / 122 x 122 cm
71” x 71” / 180 x 180 cm
Edition: 3 + 1 AP
The home of Loveday Abadida
Igbogeni, Bayelsa State, Nigeria, November 2012
27 1/2” x 27 1/2 / 70 x 70 cm
48” x 48” / 122 x 122 cm
71” x 71” / 180 x 180 cm
Edition: 3 + 1 AP
The home of Shirley Armitage
Moorland Village, Somerset, UK. April 2014
27 1/2” x 27 1/2 / 70 x 70 cm
48” x 48” / 122 x 122 cm
71” x 71” / 180 x 180 cm
Edition: 3 + 1 AP
The home of Shirley Armitage (2)
Moorland Village, Somerset, UK. April 2014
27 1/2” x 27 1/2 / 70 x 70 cm
48” x 48” / 122 x 122 cm
71” x 71” / 180 x 180 cm
Edition: 3 + 1 AP
The home of Maureen Machin
Rocklea, Queensland, Australia, January 2011
27 1/2” x 27 1/2 / 70 x 70 cm
48” x 48” / 122 x 122 cm
71” x 71” / 180 x 180 cm
Edition: 3 + 1 AP
The home of Christa Raymond Fils
Decade Village, Haiti. September 2008
27 1/2” x 27 1/2 / 70 x 70 cm
48” x 48” / 122 x 122 cm
71” x 71” / 180 x 180 cm
Edition: 3 + 1 AP
School Mural
Igbogeni, Bayelsa State, Nigeria, November 2012
27 1/2” x 27 1/2 / 70 x 70 cm
48” x 48” / 122 x 122 cm
71” x 71” / 180 x 180 cm
Edition: 3 + 1 AP
The home of Godspower Kanz
Igbogeni, Bayelsa State, Nigeria, November 2012
27 1/2” x 27 1/2 / 70 x 70 cm
48” x 48” / 122 x 122 cm
71” x 71” / 180 x 180 cm
Edition: 3 + 1 AP
The home of Cheryl Towers
Toll Bar Vlllage near Doncaster, UK. June 2007
27 1/2” x 27 1/2 / 70 x 70 cm
48” x 48” / 122 x 122 cm
71” x 71” / 180 x 180 cm
Edition: 3 + 1 AP
The home of Martina and Stefan Kufner
Deggendorf, Bavaria, Germany. June 2013
27 1/2” x 27 1/2 / 70 x 70 cm
48” x 48” / 122 x 122 cm
71” x 71” / 180 x 180 cm
Edition: 3 + 1 AP

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Drowning World: The Water Chapters

The Water Chapters (still)
HD video. Ratio 9:16. Duration: 35:24
Edition: 8 + 2 AP
Thailand - Floods - Living with floodwaters
10 Nov 2011, Bangkok, Thailand
Samran Pannarat, Wanchai Palagawong, Tanee Yoo Suksawan (girl) and Tanicha Songbangjak pause to be photographed while walking through the chest high floodwaters in Amornchai Village, on the outskirts of Bangkok. This is the start of the huge tract of water which is encircling the city. The outer regions of Bangkok have endured rising floodwaters over the past two weeks as the floodwaters which have inundated large parts of the country move through towards the sea. Thailand is experiencing the worst flooding in over 50 years which has affected more than nine million people.
Image by © Gideon Mendel/Corbis

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