Could you imagine relaxing in seven days of your own Rubbish?
That is just what Gregg Segal’s Californian neighbours, friends and strangers
did! They rested in piles of their own rubbish that they collected over a period
of seven days for Gregg’s photography series entitled ‘7 days of Garbage’.
Fitting that this series of life size portraits now cloak the walls of The City
Bin Co.’s offices, both in Dublin and the HQ in Galway.
Segal’s photography makes you sit up and think because the
content seems so contradictory. The small volume of waste becomes big over
time. The ugliness of the waste collected becomes striking in the composition. You
see the unnatural materials against the natural human body. The rubbish becomes
art.
The photographs are a visual index of the waste that humankind
produces over time, diet patterns and packaging volumes. The now world famous collection of photos that document the pure volume of waste collected
by individuals and families drape the walls of The City Bin Co. who collect the waste produced. The images were
headlined in some news outlets as shocking. We believe they are inspiring and
thought provoking. The photos deliver real statistics with a visual impact.
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