For my third photoshoot, I located my shoot in Grouville, St Saviours and St Helier. I sectioned this photoshoot into different aspects and environmental issues I wanted to concentrate on related to the Anthropocene.

LAND AND WATER POLLUTION:

WATER POLLUTION:

These two images were taken at Green Island beach in St Clements. I wanted to photograph this as I feel it is a subtle representation of the water pollution that is ignored in comparison to the more noticeable litter. Black sand is a common thing in places such as Hawaii, Iceland and the Canary Islands as these are areas with volcanic activity materials such as lava and basalt salts become eroded and filter in with the sand.

However, this is still found in areas located around the UK, for example Somerset, where there is no volcanic activity. This is the result of coal mines and seams being washed up from the Welsh side of the channel in the Severn Estuary. The waves pick this up and churn it ashore, with higher levels of it turning up in stormy conditions which is very toxic to aquatic life. In my image, it has ended up being trapped within a rock pool, inhabiting animals homes.

LAND POLLUTION:

In these last two images, I placed some seaweed inside the crisp packet and made it look as if it was growing from out of the bag. I did this because I feel as if it represents how the plastic produced which ends up in the ocean ends up restricting the growth of plants and ecosystems. Alongside this, I feel as if this symbolises how the consistent use of single use plastic is eventually going to be within everything we have, for example within the soil of which plants grow out of, because the micro plastics cannot decompose fully and therefore it cannot ever fully disappear in the natural environment.

DERELICT GREENHOUSES:

I came across a site of numerous derelict greenhouses. They were quite battered and broken, assuming this is not only due to the long period of time they have been sat here but due to Storm Ciaran too. The areas were either extremely overgrown inside with stinging nettles and other weeds or the ground had been reduced to dirt, unable to grow any plants due to synthetic fertilisers causing the roots to decay.

There was a large amount of fly-tipping and dumped appliances within some of these greenhouses, starting from ovens and freezers to live wires or farming equipment. These were scattered across the greenhouses in a careless manner

In this image, I used the two greenhouses as leading lines to direct the viewers eyes down towards an abandoned and old-fashioned blue car. This car had gathered a lot of rust from the multiple years it has been sat here.

URBANIZATION AND OVERPOPULATION:

I took these images from Fort Regent carpark, overlooking the town centre of St Helier. I thought this would be a good representation of how packed this area is, especially at certain busy times of the day such as 5pm. As you can see, there are numerous cars on the road, all contributing to the air pollution.

The result of this urbanisation means that there is a lack of greenery in this area, a few trees and bushes in the centre will large hills in the distance behind these modernised structures. Alongside this, there is a partial viewpoint of the harbour, of which the sand inside has been discoloured due to boats engines polluting this area when the tide comes in.