22 Jun Photographer Hoards Trash for 4 Years, Turns It into a Powerful Photo Series

You might have heard it said that one man’s trash is another man’s treasure. Reclamation of ostensible garbage has become something of a de rigueur practice in recent years, as our society seeks ever more creative methods for dealing with trash in a safe and environmentally friendly manner.

Recycling has become a part of all of our lives, a practice that many hope will put an end to the damaging and unsightly landfill sites that do little other than clog up space and accumulate, well, rubbish.

Back in 2011, though, Antoine Repessé – a photographer – made the decision to hoard his recyclable trash rather than throw it away. Four years later, he used the mounds of trash that had built up to create a photo series named “#365 Unpacked”. Its purpose is to confront the role of the consumer, and over the four years of hoarding, Repessé garnered an astonishing amount of garbage; a reported 1,600 milk bottles, 4,800 toilet rolls and 800kg of newspapers. These objects now form the aesthetic of the photographers series, which he hopes will inspire a change in attitudes towards waste management and everyday impact on climate change. Here’s some of his work.

1. Toilet rolls form the basis of this shot

2. Household products form a mound of trash

3.Repessé wants us to rethink our role as the consumer

4. Water bottles overflow from a shopping cart

5. A particularly powerful example

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