摄影师曼迪·巴克(Mandy Barker)拍摄了一组引人注目的照片，记录了世界水道中塑料垃圾的大流行。巴克与科学家们密切合作，几乎从每一个大陆边缘的海洋和海滩上收集垃圾。她的作品的目的是通过将最初的审美吸引力与随后的意识信息相结合，来参与并激发观众的情感反应。研究过程是发展的一个重要部分，因为她所制作的图像都是基于科学事实，而科学事实对工作的完整性至关重要。巴克目前是2018年国家地理学会奖的获得者。她的作品将于2018年9月在荷兰的布雷达弗托展出。《漂泊之外:不为人知的动物》被史密森尼学会评为2017年十大最佳图书之一。
SOUP – Refused © Mandy Barker. Ingredients; plastic oceanic debris affected by chewing and attempted ingestion by animals. Includes a toothpaste tube. Additives; teeth from goats.Photographer Mandy Barker creates deceptively eye-catching images to docu
ment the pandemic of plastic debris in the world’s waterways. Barker, who is ba
sed in Leeds, UK, works closely with scientists to collect trash from our oceans and beaches on the edges of nearly every continent. One research expedition covered the debris field (stretching to Hawaii) that resulted from Japan’s 2011 tsunami and earthquake; she has also explored the Inner Hebrides in Scotland with Greenpeace.Barker manipulates her findings in Photoshop, mimicking the manner in which ocean water holds these objects in suspension. Swirls of colors and patterns draw in the viewer’s eye, o
nly to realize that these visually appealing compositions co
nsist of garbage that animals have attempted to chew, plastic pellets, tangles of fishing line, and water-logged soccer balls. The artist describes her work in a statement on her website:The aim of my work is to engage with and stimulate an emotio
nal respo
nse in the viewer by combining a co
ntradiction between initial aesthetic attraction along with the subsequent message of awareness. The research process is a vital part of my development as the images I make are ba
sed on scientific fact which is essential to the integrity of my work.Barker is currently a recipient of a 2018 Natio
nal Geographic Society grant. Her work is on display through April 22nd at Mexico City’s Museum of Modern Art, at Photo London Art Fair in May 2018, at the Triennial of Photography in Hamburg in June, 2018, and at BredaPhoto in The Netherlands in September 2018. The artist’s book, Beyond Drifting: Imperfectly Known Animals, was named one of the ten best books of 2017 by Smithsonian. You can see more of Barker’s photographs on her website as well as on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter.EVERY… snowflake is different (detail) © Mandy Barker. Ingredients; white marine plastic debris objects collected in two single visits to a nature reserve on the East Coast of England.EVERY… snowflake is different © Mandy Barker. Ingredients: white marine plastic debris objects collected in two single visits to a nature reserve on the East Coast of England.Hong Kong Soup:1826 – Lighter © Mandy Barker. Discarded cigarette lighters make reference to our single-use throw away society. The panda, a natio
nal emblem of China represents endangered species and faces away from the group symbolizing mother nature turning its back on man’s inability to take ownership of its waste.Hong Kong Soup:1826 – Spilt © Mandy Barker. 150 to
nnes of pre-production plastic pellets (nurdles) spilt from a cargo co
ntainer during Typhoon Vincente on 23rd July 2012 adds to Hong Kong’s waste issues in its seas and on its beaches.PENALTY – Europe © Mandy Barker. 633 marine plastic debris footballs (and pieces of) recovered from 23 countries and islands within Europe, from 104 different beaches, and by 62 members of the public, in just 4 months.PENALTY – The World © Mandy Barker. 769 marine plastic debris footballs (and pieces of) collected from 41 countries and islands around the world, from 144 different beaches and by 89 members of the public in just 4 months.PENALTY – 24 Footballs © Mandy Barker.SHOAL – 30.41N, 157.51E © Mandy Barker.Included in trawl: child’s ball and Japanese character – fridge magnet found on the tsunami shoreline. Fishing buoy found in trawl sample, North pacific OceanSHOAL 33.15N, 151.15E © Mandy Barker. Included in trawl: tatami mat from the floor of a Japanese home, fishing related plastics, buoys, nylon rope, buckets, fish trays, polystyrene floats, shampoo bottle, caps, balloon & holder, petrol container.SOUP – Alphabet © Mandy Barker. Ingredients; plastic debris that includes surface text. Iro
nic random arrangement of 4 pieces of plastic that suggest a warning; ‘Sea’ ‘AND’ ‘HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES’ ‘FOUL’SOUP: Bird’s Nest © Mandy Barker. Ingredients; discarded fishing line that has formed nest-like balls due to tidal and oceanic movement. Additives; other debris collected in its path.SOUP – Ruinous Remembrance © Mandy Barker. Ingredients; plastic flowers, leaves, stems, and fishing line. Additives; bones, skulls, feathers, and fish.SOUP: Turtle © Mandy Barker.WHERe © Mandy Barker. Ingredients; marine debris balloons collected from around the world.WHERe (detail) © Mandy Barker. Ingredients; marine debris balloons collected from around the world.
