EXTREMES – The Environmental Issue: Visually Exploring Climate Change Through Foam Magazine Photography

This curated theme within Foam Magazine #64, 'EXTREMES—The Environmental Issue,' delves into new ways of visually representing climate change and our relationship with the environment. It explores themes of abundance versus scarcity, examining photography's role in exposing the impacts of the Anthropocene.

Foam Magazine #64, titled 'EXTREMES—The Environmental Issue,' critically examines how climate change is visually communicated. The magazine is structured around two opposing yet connected perspectives: abundance and scarcity, offering a dual reading experience. It features 16 portfolios and 6 essays that address a wide spectrum of environmental impacts, including waste, consumption, natural disasters, industrialization, overpopulation, and resource scarcity. Through photography, the issue exposes the imbalance of the Anthropocene and explores how images shape our understanding of climate change. The 'Abundance' side of the magazine highlights works focusing on consumerism and the afterlife of products, such as Aàdesokan's series on waste infrastructure and Natacha de Mahieu's depictions of tourist fantasies. It also includes a long read by Gem Fletcher on the need for a new visual language for climate change. The 'Scarcity' side delves into themes of resource depletion and ecological destruction, featuring Maria Fusco's audio piece on industrial excavation, Wanda Nanibush's exploration of Indigenous photography and its role in climate perception, and Solmaz Daryani's photographic documentation of the desolate surroundings of Iran's Salt Lake Urmia. The magazine aims to serve as an agent for awareness, reflection, and reimagination on a topic affecting all of humanity.

This entry is for a magazine issue rather than a physical exhibition, with information on purchasing the magazine available via a link to the Foam shop.