Informing Contexts // Week Eight // Aesthetic or Anaesthetic?

 

As someone who has lived in various places in the Rocky Mountains, and enjoys the "Out Door Lifestyle" and is a photographer, it has been easy to mix my everyday life with work and fall into producing work along the same lines, and it has been convenient, but I have my frustrations with this approach and don't agree with the influence it has had on a number people. The natural areas that people are flocking to get the perfect shot are being damaged beyond repair, wildlife is being affected, and people are oblivious to the damage they are doing.

As someone who has lived in various places in the Rocky Mountains, and enjoys the "Out Door Lifestyle" and is a photographer, it has been easy to mix my everyday life with work and fall into producing work along the same lines, and it has been convenient, but I have my frustrations with this approach and don't agree with the influence it has had on a number people. The natural areas that people are flocking to get the perfect shot are being damaged beyond repair, wildlife is being affected, and people are oblivious to the damage they are doing.

References: 

Alex Strohl Instagram 

https://www.instagram.com/p/B77cDMyp1hv/

https://www.instagram.com/p/B7pcW5tJ6jW/

https://www.instagram.com/p/B-QsCGqpn9G/

Insta Repeat, 2019-2020

https://www.instagram.com/p/Bu78yR7AUU8/

https://www.instagram.com/p/Bl9T_-yFOVn/

https://www.instagram.com/p/BnkZOkTlJ06/

Vice Youtube 2019

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OxUrr-CIgkA