Territories

We live in an age in which man has taken almost complete possession of the earth and its condition is dominated by this species as never before. We speak of the Anthropocene. No patch of earth seems to be unaffected anymore by our actions, the management of soils, the regulation of surface waters, the construction of settlements and traffic routes. This book does not intend to denounce these conditions. It rather attempts to record the everyday traces that we humans leave behind, large and small, beautiful and not so beautiful. Linked together, the images follow an aimless journey along an arbitrary route, a random sampling that provides more or less unspectacular views of our world as is at present. 

Title: Territories (in progress)
Artist: Juergen Schmidt