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Fading Blue Marble

(2020-2021)

Fading Blue Marble imagines everyday life in a world reshaped by a warming climate, where resilience and adaptation exist alongside uncertainty.

The images depict environments shaped by extreme heat and environmental instability, where everyday life continues through adaptation, resilience and ingenuity. Rather than illustrating specific predictions, the series presents imagined scenarios that balance uncertainty with evidence of human resourcefulness, inviting viewers to reflect on the choices that shape our collective future.

The title refers to NASA’s iconic 1972 photograph The Blue Marble, long regarded as a symbol of Earth’s beauty and fragility. Here, that image becomes a metaphor for a planet in transition—not yet lost, but visibly changing. Continuing my interest in science and observation, Fading Blue Marble uses photographic imagination to explore one of the defining challenges of our time.

The “Fading Blue Marble” Portfolio consists of 12 photographs created in 2020-2021. Captured with digital media, the final photographic prints are produced by the artist using archival pigment prints on museum-quality archival paper in limited edition.

 

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