Jason Elliot, photographer, artist and Yorkshireman, has had a stab at depicting the future of the Calder Valley after a few years of global warming. He’s taken a tongue-in-cheek approach to a serious concern by transforming local scene’s with lush tropical vegetation and exotic animals and birds.
Storm over the Co-op
Parrots on New Road
“I wanted to draw attention to the fact that Climate Change is happening, but to get the message across in a more light-hearted way than we are used to. It’s an extremely serious issue, particularly in areas like ours that can be prone to flooding, but it’s good to engage people in a way that doesn’t make them feel they are being preached to” said the artist.
Jason’s work is being exhibited at The Alternative Technology Centre in Hebden Bridge, Yorkshire until the end of January 2008. Prints are available to buy as part of a limited edition of fifty.
Row of Houses
Lost on the Canal
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Comments:
Sadly the global future will not look like that ………..instead imagine the sahara in these pics
So far the exhibition has been very useful in drawing people into the debate who probably wouldn’t have been interested in engaging with it.
Whilst these images are not strictly accurate, this area is much more prone to becoming warmer and wetter so the likelihood of subtropical vegetation is actually much greater than desertification.
Jason
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