I recovered the marine plastic debris for these images from a nature reserve on the east coast of Yorkshire, collecting artificial flowers, leaves, clothing tags, balls of fishing line, and partially incinerated or burned plastic. The plastic for my image Soup: Refused was recovered from a Greek island, washed up on the shoreline and being eaten by goats.
The imagesviewer in. Once the viewer has read the shocking information in the caption, hopefully it leads to the subsequent message of awareness. My ultimate aim is that people will be disturbed by what they see – enough to want to make change themselves, either through their own plastic consumption, signing petitions, speaking to their local MP, or getting involved with holding manufacturers to account.
