I set my photoshoot based around Bouley Bay, St Johns and Trinity as these areas are north to Jersey in comparison to my other photoshoot located more towards the south-east. Many of my images were similar to each other so I colour-coded them after editing to make it clear.

In this photoshoot, I sectioned my images into different themes so that I could get a wide range.

DERELICT GREENHOUSES:

I took images of this neglected greenhouse located in St Johns in inspiration of George Marazakis image of ‘A Cure For Anthropocene’ as the use of mechanical and chemical-based farming means that they are no longer in use as human development has leaned more towards using synthetic fertilizer.

EXPERIMENTATION:

For this image, I got to a lower angle to capture grass within the foreground to replicate George Marazakis camera angle when shooting his images.

I chose to shoot an up close image of a singular plastic chair in the centre of this dirty neglected greenhouse as I feel it represents how plastic is one of the leading causes of decay in the environment, standing alone in the middle of this destruction.

CONSTRUCTION:

In this image, there is a clear wipe out of anything natural, replaced with a monotone silver spread across the image. The natural light of the sunset reflects off of this metallic composition really nicely alongside the sky.

I took this image of a pile of construction materials scattered across the entire image as if they had been thrown there in a careless manner, allowing for a high amount of definition and vibrancy to catch the eye in an artificial colouring. In the background, there is a small amount of grass being toppled on, showing how this constant need of building, updating and redeveloping natural spaces presses down on any piece of natural space left.

In this image, I pointed the camera slightly down to capture the wheel of a vehicle behind some wooden palettes and broken plastic. I wanted to shoot this image as I feel that it carries a destructive tone within it, especially due to the sharp and violent way the black pieces of what appears to be plastic is thrown into a bucket, pointing in every direction to add a sense of danger.

This image consists of many brightly coloured gas canisters placed in a formal way, waiting to be released into the atmosphere to contribute to global warming even more.

I shot this image as I wanted to capture how these building materials had been thrown onto the grass causing it to become destroyed as its dragged across. I feel that this image shows the carelessness that humanity gives towards the natural landscape as it is clear these materials have been put here without a second thought.

In the foreground, the grass has been reduced to dry dust crumbling on the floor due to the hard slabs being placed upon these wooden palettes. I shot this image as I thought the way the healthy green bushes were bordered off from the now decayed dirt contrasted really well together and symbolised how one day, that’s all it will be.

I thought that the composition of this image worked really well as the sun doesn’t focus on any of the unnatural, man-made materials thrown around on the gravel, just focusing on nurturing the singular tree in the background.

ABANDONED STRUCTURES:

I took these images at the abandoned Bouley Bay hotel. These areas were boarded up and covered with urban graffiti, there was a large amount of dirt and rust stuck to the entirity of this structure to show its age. This area was located next to a alrge cliff edge which I wanted to capture alongside a large amount of destroyed palm trees and posion ivy.