Living In The Age of Plastic

• Prize
  Gold in Special/Digitally Enhanced
• Photographer
  Daria Martinoni
• Photo Date
  2021-2023

Plastic is everywhere, in bottles, packaging and many, many other everyday objects. Yet, not all plastics are created equal. Plastics are a large family of different materials, each with its own properties, and health and environmental impacts. The two most commonly produced plastic types are Polyethylene and Polypropylene. These images are part of my series “Living in the Age of Plastic”, which aims is at compiling an overview of the plastic types pervasive in our lives and to provide information to support consumer decisions.

Daria Martinoni is a non-professional photographer working and living in Zurich, Switzerland. As a Geographer, she uses photography to playfully (de)construct the built urban environment we live in in order to explore our perception of space (and reality). She experiments with long shutter speeds and several zoom settings in one exposure. With this approach, she aimes at questioning our making of the world through experience and knowledge.