Friday, February 25, 2011

ALBATROCITY-PLASTIC PARADISE


PHOTO TAKEN BY CHRIS JORDAN

Look what i made on my hike down into Pololu Valley just outside of the town of Hawi on the Big Island last month. Pololu Valley is one of my favorite beaches and hikes on the Big Island. I am posting this photo...just to make a point that no matter where you go today you are going to find plastic and found objects at the beach.

FOUND OBJECTS AT THE BEACH...THIS IS WHAT I MADE.

As I continue my research and continue to brainstorm how I will create this new series I am reading about the different view points that scientist and environmentalist are making about the great pacific garbage patch.
I am really interested in the life of the Albatross and the life of Plastic in Paradise. For me this seems to be an ALBATROCITY on so many levels.


I took this photo last month while hiking down into one of the most beautiful places on earth Pololu Valley.

Here is another photo I took from my day in the valley you can get a sense of how big it is and see the other valleys in the distance.
1000 miles north of Hawaii is where lots of the plastic is floating.