A Burning World: Gideon Mendel in conversation with Zed Nelson
Wed 01 May
|First Floor. Next to Wagamama.
Two world renowned photographers discuss the process of creating meaningful work in a time of climate breakdown
Time & Location
01 May 2024, 18:00 – 21:00
First Floor. Next to Wagamama. , Angel Central, Islington. Nearest tube: Angel (5 min)
About the event
This May Day, the Islington Climate Centre is excited to host an event with two world renowned photographers ...
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Against the backdrop of heartbreaking images capturing scenes of environmental destruction from Gideon Mendel's Burning World project, Zed Nelson will be in conversation with Mendel, discussing the process of bearing witness and creating long term impactful work.
In October 2023, Gideon and Extinction Rebellion staged a mobile exhibition outside Standard Chartered’s head office, highlighting the bank's funding of fossil fuels - as well as its disingenuous sponsorship of this year's Weather Photographer of the Year by The Royal Meteorological Society.
From Extinction Rebellion's press release of the mobile exhibition: "Gideon Mendel’s photography bears stark witness to the suffering wreaked on communities and the widespread environmental destruction created by wildfires, which are occuring ever more frequently as global temperatures continue to rise, fuelled by the burning of fossil fuels."