Ecological Disaster

• Prize
  Silver in Science/Environment
• Photographer
  Elli Asker
• Photo Date
  09.10.2022

Due to the current drought, climate change, and Caspian Sea pollution, Azerbaijan's water supplies have been severely reduced. At the same time, there has never been a clearer connection between growing cattle and climate change. The upshot of farm animals' tremendous negative effects on the climate and their massive water consumption is abandoned farms, dying animals, and dried-up lakes.

Born in Baku, in the former Soviet Union, and now based in the Stockholm area, Sweden. My creative practice is shaped by the intersection of my cultural heritage, my identity as a homosexual, and the influence of art and cinema, particularly the works of Tarkovsky and Bergman. Through a metaphysical lens, I explore themes of identity, time, and human emotion. These experiences shape my artistic voice, allowing me to merge the personal with the universal, positioning my work as both a reflection of and a critique on contemporary life.