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After 4 Years Of Not Throwing Away His Trash This Photographer Created A Powerful Photo Series
Back in 2011, photographer Antoine Repessé stopped throwing away his recyclable trash to make a point. Four years later he started turning that point into a powerful photo series he called '#365 Unpacked', which challenges us to rethink our role as consumers.
During the 4 year period, the Lille-based artist has accumulated over 70 cubic metres of trash: 1,600 milk bottles, 4,800 toilet rolls, and 800 kg (~1,750 lb) of newspapers, all of which he then separated for an even stronger visual impact: "I wanted to give an aesthetic dimension to my work,” he explains. “The choice of sorting the garbage gives a graphic effect. I tried to produce a perfect picture which evokes something disturbing.”
With his series, Antoine tackles the main obstacle for kickstarting the big changes in waste management or global warming – it’s how invisible these problems are in our day-to-day lives: “We’re often told about the quantity of waste we produce, but I think the impact of a picture can be more powerful than a ton of words,” remarks Repessé. “I hope my project can inspire change,” - and so do we.
More info: Antoine Repessé | facebook (h/t: featureshoot, demilked)
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Brenda Olano 7 years ago
That's probably all the cigarettes my grandfather has smoked. That's a lot of money you could have saved, grandpa.
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PurpleUnicorn 7 years ago
It's not just the waste plastic here, but the effect of all those chemicals that we should worry about.
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Lauren Towner 7 years ago
Some of them are bundles of the same magazine / newspaper stacked up together XD you can still see the plastic strapping on some of them!
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Dan H 7 years ago
4 years = 208 weeks, and 4,800 rolls of toilet paper equal 23.07 rolls per week -- I call shenanigans on his claim that he "stopped throwing away his recyclable trash to make a point. " He had to enlist a number of other people for his "collection" Yes, we should recycle, but at least be honest about the process of how he came about the materials
Cassie 7 years ago
Yea, I have four kids and I calculate that my whole family uses about half that in a four-year period. If he generated double a family of six in the same time period, he may want to start drinking some kefir. Like, a lot of kefir.
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Vesna Brnić 7 years ago
You seem not understanding point of this. So here am I to explain. Trash we use in our daily lives, invisible to us, collects on other places, and pollutes environment.
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Dan H 7 years ago
4 years = 208 weeks, and 4,800 rolls of toilet paper equal 23.07 rolls per week -- I call shenanigans on his claim that he "stopped throwing away his recyclable trash to make a point. " He had to enlist a number of other people for his "collection" Yes, we should recycle, but at least be honest about the process of how he came about the materials
Cassie 7 years ago
Yea, I have four kids and I calculate that my whole family uses about half that in a four-year period. If he generated double a family of six in the same time period, he may want to start drinking some kefir. Like, a lot of kefir.
Load More Replies... Vesna Brnić 7 years ago
You seem not understanding point of this. So here am I to explain. Trash we use in our daily lives, invisible to us, collects on other places, and pollutes environment.
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