The exhibition brings together of two of Mendel’s projects: Drowning World and Burning World, which document the aftermath of floods and fires around the globe. ![]() South African-born photographer Gideon Mendel is telling me about his latest exhibition, Fire/Flood, which is currently on show at the Photographers’ Gallery in London. But as I think we’re all aware, it’s happening much sooner than expected.’ It emerged out of a mental exercise, imagining the world that my two young kids would be living in when they were my age. I was thinking about how climate change will affect the lives of my children. ![]() It began as a way to talk about climate change and the climate emergency. Sharyn and Tom Wotton (aka Swampy Tom), Wandella, New South Wales, Australia, January 2020 (from the series Portraits in Ashes) South African born ‘struggle photographer’ Gideon Mendel hauntingly captures the aftermath of fires and floods around the world
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