Making Waves is a series of Scottish seascapes from Edinburgh photographer Malena Persson. The series is based upon a David vs. Goliath theme, a depiction of an ongoing clash between a Nature that is being taken for granted, and the forces that silently reap havoc. The images juxtapose the frailness of living things, against a monstrous Colossus: our modern age machines and the everturning wheels of industry. Making Waves is commenting on human impact on the environment, where each of the images explores a different issue.

 

By appropriating found images, as well as constructing scenes out of multiple photographs, I ask the viewer to question what they see, and not simply accept what is being presented as a truth. Making Waves is both an invitation to debate, and a wish that more of us would start paying closer attention to what emerges from the shores of the periphery. 

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The series was exhibited as part of Egalitarian Frames at the Edinburgh World Justice Festival 2015, and at the Image Collective in 2019.