Ruined Ruins
by Alon Koppel
portfolio special mention call 'URBANAUTICA INSTITUTE AWARDS 2020', 2020
Category: Representations of Space, Architecture, and Conflicts
The photographs submitted here are part of a series currently titled, Ruined Ruins. These images reflect on my interest in photographing places where some tension–ecological, political, psychological–is subtly evident. My observation often acts as a reflection on humanity’s activity that often goes unnoticed. This is especially true when I photograph in my homeland of Israel, where antiquities, politics, conflict and ecological disregard often intersect and influence one another. While I consider these to be part of my landscape photography practice, they reflect on a deeper interest in subjects that most people will walk or drive by without care or notice. For this series I worked with a medium-format film camera.