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The Last Man on Earth 2020
Depopulation is consequence of migratory flows linked to a change of economic model, where the abandonment of the primary sector leaves large areas orphans of an economic source. Since we cannot foresee an alternative economic engine for these areas, I hypothesize that the phenomenon of depopulation is not reversible. And is not a problem affecting only a specific Spanish area, but rather a general phenomenon happening in developed countries. So we can glimpse a future in which larger and larger areas of the Earth will be totally or partially deprived of the presence of man. And life in these areas will not be as we know it today.
"The Last Man on on Earth" is a photographic essay in which I raise open questions on what the future of these territories might be. To avoid the standard nostalgic approach about the rural world, I choose to reinterpret the landscape and its inhabitants, generating a different view on the
nature of these places. A vision, with a point of separation over reality, that challenges our perception of the territory, making it a fantastic, unknown place. How will these areas look in 30, 40 or 50 years? What remains when a population disappears?
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SOUTH LAPLAND in numbers:
Extension: 65,835 km2
Surveyed population: 483,000 inhabitants
Density of population: 7.34 hab / km2
Percentage of Spain's territory: 13%
Percentage of population with respect to Spain's total: 1%
Municipalities with more than 5,000 inhabitants: 6
Municipalities with less than 100 inhabitants: 631
Towns with less than 2 hab / km2: 456