Forest Ruins

"Forest Ruins" offers an environmental critique by questioning the historical role of photography in framing land as an object of control, ownership, and extraction. Rather than reinforcing these perspectives, the work approaches territory as a living system in which human and nonhuman presences are deeply interconnected. Working within a Guarani indigenous territory embedded in a megacity, the project reveals how colonial structures continue to shape urban development and environmental degradation. At the same time, it highlights Indigenous modes of relating to the land grounded in care, continuity, and reciprocity. Non-human elements, such as the forest, smoke, and darkness, are not treated as mere aesthetic components but as active agents shaping the experience of the image. This shift challenges anthropocentric ways of seeing and opens space for other forms of perception. Rather than offering a purely denunciatory perspective, the work operates through attention and proximity. It proposes that environmental critique is a process of rethinking how we see, relate to, and inhabit the world.