Ocean Plastic / Fishwives

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Did you know that about 200 million pieces of macro plastic end up in the ocean from Scottish littering each year? That’s about 1000 tons of plastic waste. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🌊 😔

For my portrait project, I was inspired by Hill & Adamson’s photographic work, and the paintings by John McGhie, capturing fishwives on the East Coast of Scotland. 🎣

In my version, the catch of the day has been replaced by plastic waste to draw attention to the damage littering does to the seas and coastline around Scotland, and across the globe. 🌍 🚮 📸

The figures above come from a 2020 study by Marine Scotland Science, and were published in a topic sheet from The Scottish Government which you can find here.

Please contact me if you have any questions about my work.