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As the image above displays, the percentage of people residing within urban and industrial areas is becoming increasingly concerning in terms of land conservation and environmental effects. This is due to the fact that as a result of mass urbanisation, it is predicted that this current 55% of the global population, living in such places, will increase dramatically to 68% by the year 2050. This constant development not only means that rural areas will become increasingly rare along with the species inhabiting them, but environmental issues, such as air pollution and declining water quality, will become far worse, far more quickly than we have ever seen.

In addition, the increase of such heavily polluted and populated areas can lead not only to worsening environmental issues, but declining mental health and well being, and also a loss of culture. This is due to the fact these places possess far more stressors, such as overcrowded places, higher violence levels and less social support, compared to areas that incorporate the existing nature into the layout and of these cities. Furthermore, these dense concrete places are a victim of their own design, as they are more vulnerable to extreme weather and environmental conditions, that such large places of development cause.

With this photo-shoot I will aim to photograph structures that are signifier of these types of densely populated urban landscapes. Although in Jersey we are fortunate to have a large amount of rural landscapes, it can be said that with the ever-growing population of the island and its need for housing, continuous development of buildings such as flats, put this nature in danger.

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Here I have highlighted in green, the photographs that I think turned out best and will work well when combined with the natural landscape images. Also, I have crossed out the images in red that may have been blurry or are under or over-exposed, these are the photographs that I definitely will not edit for my final product.