A large-scale tableau photo series about life carrying on in the new normal of climate change and mega fires.
This series began when the 2018 wildfires blanketed Northern California with smoke-filled skies and the reckoning of fire seasons becoming more dangerous each year. Originally conceived as a far future possibility, little did I know that it would happen in just 2 years when the Bay Area awoke to apocalyptic orange skies on September 9, 2020. Much of the American West and Australia are living through record-breaking fires.
In this body of work, society may have gotten used to living in this dystopian world under nightmarish skies. The idea that living with climate change is “just another day” is depicted with a tinge of dark humor and social commentary. Kids enjoy a “smoke day” from school. Burnt orange/red becomes a fashionable statement. A man vapes underneath his mask. But still, a despondent and uncertain future is ahead.