Lost biographies

In this project, I turn my attention to the unnoticed – to the refuse that relentlessly imprints itself upon our natural environment. It is a search for a quiet, perhaps even unsettling, aesthetic amidst the seemingly repulsive, a quest that, in its documentary honesty, reveals an unvarnished reality.

My first encounter with this subject matter occurred on a raw December day on the beach of Blåvand. The sheer volume of washed-ashore civilian debris struck me as deeply ambivalent—shocking in its presence, yet peculiarly fascinating in its banality. This moment of intuitive capture marked the beginning of a deeper engagement with the hidden stories behind these fragments of our consumption. The found objects become silent witnesses to past moments, evidence of their former owners' lives: the empty glasses of a family who shared a sweet taste, the worn-out helmet of a craftsman, testifying to his labor. This refuse reflects our everyday lives and the often-unnoticed consequences of our habits.

Environmental pollution, a destructive force causing suffering and compelling us into collective responsibility, is paradoxically staged in these images. The refuse appears almost as an integral, albeit unsettling, component of the landscape, a silent acceptance of our often-unreflected actions. These photographs are less a loud accusation and more a quiet invitation to self-reflection. They confront us with the tension between our rejection of environmental destruction and the sometimes-irritating allure emanating from these testaments to our consumption. It is an attempt to bring uncomfortable truths to consciousness and initiate a dialogue about our fragile relationship with nature.