Aya Okawa

Photographer, Visual Anthropologist
   
Fossil Fuelscapes
Location: San Francisco, California.
Nationality: American
Biography: Aya Okawa is an aerial and environmental photographer and visual anthropologist who enjoys shooting landscape transformation, abstract patterns, and documenting the interaction of natural and human systems. Aya's work has been printed in the... MORE
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Fossil Fuelscapes
Copyright Aya Okawa 2024
Updated Jan 2023
Topics Aerial, Climate Change, Community, Conservation, Documentary, Editorial, Energy, Environment, Essays, Fine Art, Globalization, Industrial, Oil, Photography
Summary
From above, fossil fuel refineries and related facilities can be seen in their full complexity - appearing as organism-like networks, circuit boards, or small cities unto themselves. They stretch in vast complexities of lines, pipes, tubes, fans, smokestacks, vents, holding containers and ducts. I became fascinated by the intricate shapes & structures of these facilities, and shot this series of photos from small planes in the late afternoons to capture the sites with golden light.


This ongoing series documents fossil fuel refineries, power plants and materials holding facilities in five countries - exploring visually the energy technology that currently underpins the lifestyles & economies of much of our planet’s populations

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