Extinction -isn't a good title-

Sara Nicomedi uses several photographic techniques to reflect upon the power that simple everyday actions have on our everyday life and how they will affect the future generations.

We are currently experiencing the sixth mass extinction. Two hundred species disappear every day. The last United Nations summit on climate change stated that we have ten years left to avoid the catastrophe by keeping the global temperature rise below 1.5 degrees.

Such awareness has led me to question my choice of becoming a mother in the present historical context. I used this series as a tool to understand my needs, and especially my fears.

Through this project, I analyze myself, as memories resurface and reflect on the strength of life and the deepest sense of existence.

Extinction-isn’t a good title- recounts three generations: that of my grandmother, who lived in conjunction with what is considered to have marked the beginning of the great acceleration of our era called the Anthropocene, then that of my parents and down until today.

Through the use of representative images, self-portraits, documentary photos, archives, and collages, I analyze the relationship that exists between the past and the present, our actions today and their possible impact on future generations.

I aim to emphasize that this is the time to rebuild awareness on our actual needs, what kind of future we want on the Earth and how to act accordingly.