Bulldozing Nature’s Rhythm

Photographer Yurian Quintanas Nobel is the Edge of Humanity Magazine contributor of this photo essay. From the project ‘The End Of The Days’. To see Yurian’s body of work, click on any image.

THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN NATURE AND SOCIETY HAS CHANGED OVER TIME. JUST OVER ONE HUNDRED YEARS AGO PEOPLE DEPENDED ENTIRELY ON NATURE, BUT TODAY, IMMERSED IN A SYSTEM BASED ON THE MASSIVE CONSUMPTION OF PRODUCTS THAT MAKE OUR LIVES EASIER, OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT HAS BECOME INCREASINGLY DISTANT.

WE MODIFY THE TERRITORY WITHOUT FOLLOWING ANY LOGICAL STANDARDS, WE ARE SIMPLY ‘TAKING OVER’ AND WE PERSIST IN REQUIRING IMMEDIATE RESULTS FROM NATURE, WITHOUT REGARDING ITS NEEDS FOR ITS OWN PACE TO FUNCTION ADEQUATELY. MANY OF US WOULD NOT KNOW HOW TO DECIPHER ITS SIGNS OR HOW TO SURVIVE WITH THE RESOURCES THAT THIS GIVES US, AND GRADUALLY WE ARE LOSING THE AWARENESS THAT WE ARE PART OF THE SAME WORLD.