Man and Earth

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"Man and Earth – South America Chapter" is a documentary and artistic exploration. Like the outcomes and impacts of climate change, it aims to research, witness, and document a significant issue during this time of climate emergency: the relationship between human beings and geography. This encompasses climate, natural resources, borders, sources of energy, food, cultural identities, economy, and space in a time of complex transition that is also reflected in the daily lives of those who will suffer from climate change before they can adapt.

These stories encompass ruptures and losses of geographical and cultural references but also reflect the search for survival and resilience. Many refuse to abandon the land, the shelter territory, as Milton Santos also acknowledged. It is about the people who inhabit and give meaning to landscapes, experiencing a daily life already shaken by the consequences of climate change. The issue of time is emphasized because it involves a past marked by the exploitation of nature for profit, which continues into the present and points toward possibilities for the future. The question arises: How much time do we have to rectify our destiny? If human experience constructs time, as Eric Hobsbawm demonstrated, then positive changes must already be evident today. Learning from these people and their symbiotic relationship with nature is a path of reflection and action in which photographs can play a role by bringing visibility to these processes.

Hardcover

Photos: Marcio Pimenta

Text: Scott Wallace and Marcio Pimenta

Languages: English / Portuguese

68 pages, 4 color, 9 x 6.7 inches

Year: 2023

ISBN: 978-65-981233-0-7

Publisher: Tangerina Books