Borderlands and Political Ecology: A photographic exploration of the environment, territories, boundaries and power near the imaginary line of the equator

For several years I have photographed primary hardwood forests along the imaginary line of the equator to communicate, persuade and warn of the continued ecological destruction that is occurring along this line. My plan was to capture arcadian visions of equatorial hardwood primary forests before they are destroyed and to show how this arcadian vision is disrupted by a more dystopian one. The images in this project were photographed in three areas that circle the equator: Southeast Asia, Africa and South America, where over half the world's rainforests are concentrated, and which I visited to follow the line. Line is an attempt to understand the current pressures on the equatorial environment and create a photographic exploration of ecology that highlights and foregrounds land, space, territories, boundaries and power. For this, myfield of study and research considers ecology through the theory and lens of photography.

Grantor

Michaelis School of Fine Art

Year dc:date.issued

2020

Author dc:creator

• Meyer, Garth

Advisor dc:contributor.advisor

• Josephy, Svea

• Photography
• Ecology

Handle dc:identifier.uri

http://hdl.handle.net/11427/32413

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:open.uct.ac.za:11427/32413