TETHYS DESERT
Recently, I stood at the bottom of the sea, close to 400m below. A vast and blisteringly bright space,
not at all akin to the perceptions of many when thinking about the great depth of the ocean.
We build upon geological strata that chronicle previous endeavours of humans to inhabit this planet. Humans, who have existed for only 300,000 years on a planet that is 4.5 billion years old, have left
their mark alongside the remnants of earlier attempts by other life forms to thrive on this planet.
I felt confronted with two potential paths during my time at that sea-turned-desert locale.
One option was to gather evidence of its past as a sea and meticulously document it for future generations—an undertaking I opted not to pursue, leaving it to the realm of geologists or palaeontologists.
The other was to document the current utilisation of the land by contemporary humans.
This series is not the work of a geologist but of a research-based photographer who views everything before him as archaeological discoveries for the future.
not at all akin to the perceptions of many when thinking about the great depth of the ocean.
We build upon geological strata that chronicle previous endeavours of humans to inhabit this planet. Humans, who have existed for only 300,000 years on a planet that is 4.5 billion years old, have left
their mark alongside the remnants of earlier attempts by other life forms to thrive on this planet.
I felt confronted with two potential paths during my time at that sea-turned-desert locale.
One option was to gather evidence of its past as a sea and meticulously document it for future generations—an undertaking I opted not to pursue, leaving it to the realm of geologists or palaeontologists.
The other was to document the current utilisation of the land by contemporary humans.
This series is not the work of a geologist but of a research-based photographer who views everything before him as archaeological discoveries for the future.
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