20th Annual Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest Natural World
The Forever and the now

From my series, "The Forever and the now”, named after a line from the poem “the pretext of place”, by Jorge Ortega, is a series about nature's reclamation. The Eco-catastrophe brought about by the commodification of nature has created a bleak vision of the future. One in which nature continually recedes to the interests of capital. These photographs invite an alternative view of the future. A post-human future, where the natural world reclaims its central place. Eternal and indifferent to the shallow footprint of human civilisation, the natural world endures and outlasts.

Photo Detail
Date Taken: 04.2022
Date Uploaded: 11.2022
Photo Location: Chichester, United Kingdom
Camera: Canon EOS 2000D
Copyright: © Ryan Dodd