Gideon Mendel, Deluge
The series shows the attempt by the South African photographer (b.1959) to explore the global climate emergency in a personal and systematic way, in order to show that its effects ignore all boundaries of wealth, class, ethnicity and geography. Mendel has been documenting floods in 13 countries around the world since 2007. He presents direct portraits of those affected, supplemented by abstract landscape images, to create a typology of climate change.
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Eruabai Ase was unprepared for the flooding. The water brought pathogens and mosquitoes, Otuaba, Bayelsa, Nigeria 2022
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Amjad Ali Laghari guards the mosque in his village. His family has been living in a tent camp for two months, Goth Bawal Khan, Sindh, Pakistan 2022
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Jonas de Souza’s first visit to his home, three weeks after heavy flooding, Canoas, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil 2024
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Scrap dealer Fogaça’s workshop, Vila dos Papeleiros, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil 2024
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The palace of Prince Ogiasa Lume has been under water for some months, Otuaba, Bayelsa, Nigeria 2022
06
Joy Christian in front of the Dorca Executive Student Apartments, where her husband works as the caretaker, Otuoke, Bayelsa, Nigeria 2022
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Aldrin de Souza had to wade through chest-high water for a number of kilometres to reach his home, Canoas, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil 2024
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Toilets at the Greater Evangelical World Crusade Church, Otuoke, Bayelsa, Nigeria 2022
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Valdemir Estran, philosophy teacher and poet, in front of his family’s home, Canoas, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil 2024
10
Douglas Pratt in front of his parents’ house, which was flooded for the third time in four years, Longs, South Carolina, USA 2018
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Christiana Otazi in her flooded home. She and her family are currently living in a neighbouring building, Otuaba, Bayelsa, Nigeria 2022
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Terrence Mckeen with his mother Gloria. Her house was completed flooded, Middleburg, Florida, USA 2017
13
The municipal health ministry building in Porto Alegre. There were 181 victims in the state of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil 2024
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Facade of a residence for students who attend the Federal University of Nigeria close by, Otuoke, Bayelsa, Nigeria 2022
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Like many others, sisters Francine and Fabiula Balin were not insured, Vila dos Papeleiros, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil 2024
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Winner Odums in her parents’ home. She does not know how she can continue her studies with any books, Otuaba, Bayelsa, Nigeria 2022
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Muhammad Chuttal Korai vor seinem kleinen Restaurant, Khaipur Nathan Shah, Sindh, Pakistan 2022
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Venusha Luxumy Vinitha comes from Sri Lanka and had not expected there to be flooding close to Paris, Villeneuve-Saint-Georges, France 2018
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The Dorca Executive Student Apartments in the rain, Otuoke, Bayelsa, Nigeria 2022
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A flooded house, Arquipélago, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil 2024
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