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Parque estadual ilha do cardoso-THIAGO CAMPI 02
30 March 2024
- Classification
- Photograph
- Museum
- Wikimedia Commons
- Rights
- CC BY-SA 4.0, as the museum states it.
- Who can see it
- Teens profiles and older: its museum says too little about what it shows to place it for younger viewers. How works are placed
About this work
General Context: Infrared photograph taken at Ilha do Cardoso State Park, documenting the flooding of mangrove areas due to sea-level rise. Because of the infrared technique, the colours are unnatural. The composition is minimalist, divided almost exactly in half between the sky and the water.
Foreground (Bottom half of the image): Occupies the entire lower half of the photo. It consists of a flat, smooth, and reflective surface of very shallow water over sand. The colour of this area is a uniform salmon-pink or light orange shade. On the left side, there is the elongated, inverted reflection of a tree, pointing towards the bottom edge of the image.
Middle Ground (The Centre and Horizon Line):A straight, horizontal line divides the image in half. On the left side, off-centre, a single dead tree trunk rises directly from the water. The tree is leafless, its colour is reddish-brown, and its upper branches form a 'Y' shape. Along the entire horizon line, separating the water from the sky, there is a narrow, white, blurred band, resembling distant breaking waves or low mist.
Background (Top half of the image): Occupies the upper half. It is composed entirely of the sky. The colour…
