We Are Welcome Aliens
A collection of photographs taken by Tristan Partridge during fieldwork in the Atacama Desert.
7.5" wide x 9.25" high. 60 pages.
Printed on 148gsm Super Smooth Uncoated paper. Published with the CREW Center for Restorative Environmental Work.
7.5" wide x 9.25" high. 60 pages.
Printed on 148gsm Super Smooth Uncoated paper. Published with the CREW Center for Restorative Environmental Work.
‘WE’ :
DIFFERENTIALLY
SITUATED
MULTISPECIES
COLLECTIVITIES
Remarkable worlds of microbial life
surround us wherever we are.
These worlds are full of color and creation.
This is particularly true of the Atacama Desert in northern Chile,
the driest place on Earth.
surround us wherever we are.
These worlds are full of color and creation.
This is particularly true of the Atacama Desert in northern Chile,
the driest place on Earth.
The region is home to microbes that date back over 3 billion years and are thought to be the origins of life itself: these were the first organisms to produce oxygen which allowed multicellular lifeforms to arise from inorganic matter.
Relatively, humans are very recent
arrivals into this space.
As a species, ‘we’ are the aliens here.
arrivals into this space.
As a species, ‘we’ are the aliens here.
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Welcomed into worlds of abundance, curiosity, and mutuality.
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