Wherever humans go, they leave a mark. The imprint of their weight on the earth is merely the first—and by no means the last. Tire tracks, wakes, trails, roads, highways, power lines, factories, villages, cities, megacities. Air pollution, river pollution, lake pollution, sea and ocean pollution. Some traces are fleeting, others deep, some more destructive than others; but all human traces signal both our arrival and our departure.
In recent years, Vincent Bousserez’s photographic practice has become increasingly concerned with these footprints. His photographic expeditions inevitably leave both visible and invisible marks—individual and collective—on landscapes that were once untouched before his arrival. He strives to keep these traces as minimal as possible, ensuring that his photographic pursuit serves a deeper purpose: to indirectly remind us of the human condition today — the more we grow and expand, the higher the cost for the world around us.
