Documentary Planet Garbage

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This is an open question to all who post here : WHY do we take these pictures?
Is it to serve as social documentary or literally just in order to post in this thread?
Do you show or publish these images of random litter anywhere other than here?
I'm genuinely interested in hearing your thoughts


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This is an open question to all who post here : WHY do we take these pictures?
Is it to serve as social documentary or literally just in order to post in this thread?
Do you show or publish these images of random litter anywhere other than here?
I'm genuinely interested in hearing your thoughts


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Irene, maybe to show how disgustingly we, as a species, mistreat our Mother, the Earth?

We show in miniature how badly we trash this beautiful planet.
With our sewerage, our waste, our over-consumption, our sheer numbers.

Since I was born in the late 1940s, the number of humans on the planet has doubled, then doubled again. Three years ago, there were two births for every death. Three months ago, there were 2.5 births for every death.
Yet the UN Population body reckons that we will reach ZPG by 2050! They are living in some parallel universe ... :( .

This exponential population growth is totally unsustainable, and is the single greatest threat to both the planet and our species (and many other species ... ).
 
If you look at page one Rolf's comment is quite clear on the motif of his starting this special page. It is reinforced by the commentaries following which show that he was busting open doors. And 67 pages show that not only Rolf and myself are feeding this page regularly.

For me, Irene, it's just documentary: showing the proliferation of welfare garbage carelessly deposited wherever those dumb and careless individuals of our society (who are the majority in the meantime) stand, sit or walk.
I could understand - though not tolerate - this kind of behaviour with kids (who can still be made conscious), but it's the adults who are responsible for the biggest bulk of it. And yes, there are countries - like Switzerland - where this behaviour seems less prominent, where the surroundings look cleaner and mostly waste-free. (Yet they are "learning" too.

What I've posted so far makes not even 2% of the daily deposits I come across. In order not to fall completely into dispair, I try to gve it at least some kind of photographic dignity. And yes, even if it doesn't look like it ... basically I'm still an optimist.
You might as well call it optimistic masochism.
 
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This is an open question to all who post here : WHY do we take these pictures?
Is it to serve as social documentary or literally just in order to post in this thread?
Do you show or publish these images of random litter anywhere other than here?
I'm genuinely interested in hearing your thoughts


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It is certainly unsocial and unwanted in probably all photographic circles to take pictures that do not beautify the content.
I am guilty of that too.
So I guess posting these pics in this forum is a small scale rebellion - but nothing to be afraid of.

In the daily rags during recent weeks pictures of garbage have become noticeably more prominent.

Whenever outside to take images of garbage I get usually asked what my interest in these pics is.
People tend to get round eyes when I tell them that I post my findings in a forum.
So far I have been unsuccessful to find any other venue to create more interest for this theme.
At least the constant occupation with the omnipresent garbage does sharpen my own senses to become
a witness to the permanent decline of carefulness.
 
If you look at page one Rolf's comment is quite clear on the motif of his starting this special page. It is reinforced by the commentaries following which show that he was busting open doors. And 67 pages show that not only Rolf and myself are feeding this page regularly.

For me, Irene, it's just documentary: showing the proliferation of welfare garbage carelessly deposited wherever those dumb and careless individuals of our society (who are the majority in the meantime) stand, sit or walk.
I could understand - though not tolerate - this kind of behaviour with kids (who can still be made conscious), but it's the adults who are responsible for the biggest bulk of it. And yes, there are countries - like Switzerland - where this behaviour seems less prominent, where the surroundings look cleaner and mostly waste-free. (Yet they are "learning" too.

What I've posted so far makes not even 2% of the daily deposits I come across. In order not to fall completely into dispair, I try to gve it at least some kind of photographic dignity. And yes, even if it doesn't look like it ... basically I'm still an optimist.
You might as well call it optimistic masochism.

Indeed. Prior to asking my question I did go to the original first post here to see what the premise was.
Thank you for your interesting reply

In the daily rags during recent weeks pictures of garbage have become noticeably more prominent.

Ah? that is interesting - I see your location given as Bremen, so you live in a very beautiful historic city

So far I have been unsuccessful to find any other venue to create more interest for this theme.
At least the constant occupation with the omnipresent garbage does sharpen my own senses to become
a witness to the permanent decline of carefulness.

Yes we are witnesses without (apparently) being pro-active by removing said garbage. We snap a photo, leave it lying and move along.
I do that too because the vastness of the task is beyond comprehension (in this country). There is too much poverty and it would appear
that when staying alive is the priority, cleaning up around you becomes very much secondary in importance

My images serve as social narrative / journalistic observation / documentary

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Irene, maybe to show how disgustingly we, as a species, mistreat our Mother, the Earth?

We show in miniature how badly we trash this beautiful planet.
With our sewerage, our waste, our over-consumption, our sheer numbers.

Since I was born in the late 1940s, the number of humans on the planet has doubled, then doubled again. Three years ago, there were two births for every death. Three months ago, there were 2.5 births for every death.
Yet the UN Population body reckons that we will reach ZPG by 2050! They are living in some parallel universe ... :( .

This exponential population growth is totally unsustainable, and is the single greatest threat to both the planet and our species (and many other species ... ).
... and if you think that we could feed most of those who starve and die of hunger every year just by a behaviour based on the ideals of humanism: sharing and distributing evenly. And spending all the money on nourishing people and sharing our welfare instead of waging wars and producing weapons. In all the so-called wellfare states the number of kids has gone down drastically. So we know how world population could be kept in balance or even reduced.
 
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