Al lado del petróleo

2011 The province of Talara is the most increased and oldest area for obtaining oil in Peru. In the last hundred years, more than six essential oil centers and countless micro-extraction points have been found. Of all the districts in the area, the small town of Órganos alone has been home to four formal oil companies. The photographic series Al lado del petróleo (Spanish for At Oil´s Side) consists of two parts. The first, Lado A (Side A), shows the spaces the oil companies abandoned. Between sheds, homes, and offices, the distant record of the abulic space seeks to create an analogy of the predatory behavior that human beings have about the environment. The spaces photographed on Lado A seek to reflect a current behavior in which it is used and discarded. The second, Lado B (Side B), is the direct consequence on the inhabitants of Órganos. As a result of the invasion and lack of use of these desert structures, the residents, primarily dedicated to fishing or tourism, are confined within their own native space. They are having to adapt their homes and workplaces to minimal spaces. The photographic proposal seeks to confront our destructive behavior on the ground, which leaves a mark on the landscape.