Camilla Rutherford, Photographer, Auckland

Description

This documentary photograph by Camilla Rutherford captures workers sorting through massive piles of discarded colorful plastic bottles, jugs, and containers at an outdoor recycling facility. Several individuals are actively working amidst heaps of sorted white, yellow, pink, and green plastic containers, filling baskets on the ground. Natural daylight illuminates the busy sorting area, highlighting the staggering volume of waste and the manual labor involved in recycling operations. The composition emphasizes the expansive mounds of plastic refuse surrounding the workers in an industrial setting.

Style

Documentary, Horizontal, Desaturated

Techniques

Analogue / film, Natural light

Industries

Public Awareness

Color

Background

Construction Site

Context

Documentary