Tamara Dean underwater photoshoot to highlight humans vulnerability to climate change

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This photo series is stunning to me. I have done an underwater photoshoot in sixth form before and it was challenging for so many reasons including the need for waterproof equipment, limited visibility for focusing the images and the unpredictable nature of the bodies movement underwater. 

I find these shots very powerful because they exude vulnerability. The naked bodies swimming in the clear ocean totally capture the essence of a school of fish and there is a natural randomness to the positions of the bodies. The humans are stripped back to their natural state to experience the environment around them in the most intensity. 

"Humans are not immune, and to see ourselves as different and separate to the ecology and ecosystem of our planet is leaving humanity unprepared for the world we are currently destroying."

It is largely due to the human population that climate change is a growing issue because we have developed a sense of superiority over the other living beings on this planet. Mother Nature doesn't see power, status, or money because we are all low level beings who survive thanks to the planet we live on. If we don't bring this sense of superiority back into perspective people will continue to feel untouchable until it is too late.



A photo series by photographer Tamara Dean shows people naked in their environment. It aims to highlight climate change by showing humans vulnerable to environmental forces in the same way as all other creatures. The latest photos were of a group of women swimming at Jervis Bay, designed to celebrate womanhood

Canberra environmentalist and economist Tory Bridges said she would do whatever it took to get people thinking about climate change.

But she was willing to suffer for the art, especially with the future of the environment at stake. The photo shoot was part of Ms Dean's ongoing project called Endangered.

"Biologists predict that if we continue carrying on the way we are, by the end of this century, 50 per cent of species living today will face extinction," Ms Dean said.

"It definitely helps to place people in environments that look pure and untouched, but it's just about finding the right stage for it and all the places I've photographed are susceptible to climate change," Ms Dean said.

the concept of a group of women in the water, simulating the appearance of a "tornado of fish".

"I wanted to show the power of women and women's voices in the call for action on climate change."

Source:

Naked group swim in pristine Jervis Bay helps photographer highlight climate change - ABC News



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