everything is going to be fine

A couple of months ago, a long article french newspaper Le Monde explained how Miami’s legendary beaches were running out of sand and had to regularly be replenished. Erosion is another important aspect of the challenges that Miami, and Florida in general, is facing, along with stronger hurricanes, rising seas and other changes associated with existing high levels of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere.

Sand has become the second most exploited resource on Earth after water, with experts warning we could soon reach a crisis point. Even though global stocks might seem infinite, we are in fact depleting sand reserves faster than they can be replenished. Around the world, calls to put a break on the expansion of sand mines are growing louder.

This series of collages were created with images from my own collection, shot in the course of the past six years, on recycled cardboard, with pieces of fabric, plastic and other materials that I already had in my studio.