Wasteland
This essay is a deviation from where my lens usually points me. I live in "Beautiful BC" but, it doesn't take too long after I pull my eyes from the Flowers, Trees, Ocean, Mountains, et al to see that all is not Green, Fragrant and Clean.
As this discovery progresses, I hope it prompts us all to maybe pick up a piece of trash, create less garbage, feel compassion for the less fortunate and seek solutions to lessening our impact and ask questions about how we got to this place in our History and our Mentality.
I will strive to use non-petroleum means to collect images unless I happen to already be in my car. I will strive pick up the refuse I photograph. I will strive to offer an explanation to certain images to add relevance both social and political...
I do not ask that you enjoy this essay...
(Just to keep things complicated, unlike P-365 the photos on this page go from oldest to most recent. So, please scroll down to see the newer stuff. Peace out.)
As this discovery progresses, I hope it prompts us all to maybe pick up a piece of trash, create less garbage, feel compassion for the less fortunate and seek solutions to lessening our impact and ask questions about how we got to this place in our History and our Mentality.
I will strive to use non-petroleum means to collect images unless I happen to already be in my car. I will strive pick up the refuse I photograph. I will strive to offer an explanation to certain images to add relevance both social and political...
I do not ask that you enjoy this essay...
(Just to keep things complicated, unlike P-365 the photos on this page go from oldest to most recent. So, please scroll down to see the newer stuff. Peace out.)
"Pruned Rose"
This journey began accidentally while recently visiting a World-Famous garden. So neat and tidy and everything just so. Not a minute after leaving I came across the trash. Were the "tossers" visitors to the garden?
"Muffler"
Whoever dropped this muffler must have known the moment it happened...
"Cigarette Packs"
I won't say what I want to say...
"Juice Cup"
Making a relatively healthy drink choice so, why the unhealthy disposal decision?
"Bag"
Probably blew out of a garbage truck on the way to the landfill...
"Rusting in the woods"
A Fairly common sight. Pulleys around 2 feet in diameter and 3/4 inch cables left behind after harvesting the last big trees in the area. Big trash in former forests.
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Compost! It's easy & it works... DO IT!
By simply dumping in your kitchen scraps and occasionally stirring, one gets beautiful, rich, black Compost!
N.B. The bag in the corner is "Sun Chips" compostable chip bag...notably the noisiest bag ever made!
N.B. The bag in the corner is "Sun Chips" compostable chip bag...notably the noisiest bag ever made!