Sunday, February 25, 2024

Falling Garbage Salt Print

Salt print. Ammonium Chloride 2%, 15% Silver Nitrate. Bergger COT 320 paper.

Photo story:

Falling garbage, THE FAMILIES OF THE DUMP, Mae Sot, Thailand, 2018

I had to climb a mountain of garbage behind where the families worked to get the photo. It was completely dark and as I stumbled up the garbage mountain backwards my rubber boots slipping, squishing and almost overflowing. I stepped on a mound of sleeping flies. They suddenly came to life, buzzing loudly. It felt like hundreds swept up past me and under my shirt, into my face and ears. A startling rather gruesomely memorable moment.