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| Pauline Woolley 2014 |
Darren Almond described there being a fulcrum when he visited the Antarctic and a definite change when being on the ice of the arctic. He said "At the arctic you are at sea level".
On the Maldives the highest point is 2.4 metres above sea level. This a country whose land mass is being slowly eroded away through climate change. Every few days boats arrive full of sand bags that are used to bolster the beaches. Young locals have been brought up aware that their country could vanish with the turning of a wave but some say it's just a story they have been hearing since childhood. There is every sense that you are just sat in the vastness of the Indian Ocean and that the continents of Africa, Asia and Australasia are some way off beyond the blue line of the horizon. I can feel these island's vulnerability.
Thulusdhoo provided the sun needed for my work. Strong sun lines on the photographic paper evidenced themselves almost vertically, indicating how near I am to equator. Today however and I am sat on an island in the south ari atoll looking out into a maelstrom. Horizons appear and disappear in moments. No blue breaks in the sky just rolling blackness that brings torrential rain and wind for three whole days.
My photographic gear sits in the draw and impatiently waits.
