Video: Huge copper spheres against the backdrop of South African landscapes in a curious photo project
2024 Author: Richard Flannagan | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-15 23:55
Cape Town photographer Dillon Marsh traveled around South Africa in search of abandoned copper mines. In one of the latest photographic projects For what it's worth, Marsh tried to visualize all the metal once mined in these deposits in the form of giant copper balls.
To recreate the believable copper spheres, Dillon used computer-generated imagery (CGI) graphics, which are often used to create cinematic special effects. Each such sphere, according to the author's idea, serves as a visual embodiment of the exact amount of copper obtained from each deposit. The project was conceived by Marsh to show how copper mining is changing the natural landscape, both literally and figuratively.
“In 1852, the first deposits were discovered in these places,” says the photographer, “this, of course, gave impetus to the development of small towns in relatively remote regions of the country, because the workers settled near the mines. By 2007, the resources of most of the mines were exhausted - now the future of local residents is in question."
Surreal landscapes are a favorite subject of the photographer. Besides, Marsh is characterized by a “serial” presentation of material. If the plot is interesting, the photographer is willing to spend a lot of time to capture such scenes. So it happened with his recent project "Assimilation", in which the object of the photographer's research was the giant nests of social weavers - birds that build their incredible dwellings on telegraph poles in the African savannahs.
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