The Haunting Art of Plastic Pollution του Mandy Barker

Δείτε και δείξτε αυτές τις εκπληκτικές φωτογραφίες του National Geographic που δεν χρειάζονται σχόλια κι ας κάνουμε ότι μπορούμε ο καθένας από τη μεριά του ώστε τα παιδιά και τα εγγόνια μας να μην τρώνε πλαστικό με την τροφή τους.

Every piece of plastic here was found in the stomach of a single albatross chick. Laid bare outside the bird they killed, the plastic pieces—from the bottle caps in the top row to the tiny fragments along the bottom—all represent “parts of something we could have once used,” photographer Mandy Barker says.

Among the five trillion bits of plastic floating around the ocean are weird curlicues like these—shavings from various fabrication or drilling processes. To Barker they resemble seahorses and other marine creatures. She spent five years collecting them on far-flung beaches.

Printer cartridges have been washing up on European beaches since early 2014, after they spilled off a ship during an Atlantic storm. Over time, cartridges break down into smaller pieces that animals can ingest. Barker’s artful vortex evokes the energy—and potential impact—of a single spill.

ΠΗΓΗ:

NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC / PLANET OR PLASTIC