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Fallen Fruit
Fallen Fruit is an ongoing series documenting the rotten produce I've unearthed in the bottom of my crisper drawer. At first glance the images allude to themes of food waste, and by proxy, food inequality, the environment and global hunger. It has been estimated that 25-40% of the produce grown in the US is thrown away, a staggering statistic that bears examination. There are so many things wrong with our broken food system that I’m constantly considering the repercussions of my own food choices. These images are the result of that obsession; in a desperate attempt to appease the guilt I feel for participating in the problem, I've been meticulously documenting the produce that has expired in my own fridge, like a catalog of failures, or a confession of my sins.
But upon inspection - or perhaps introspection - these forlorn subjects also allude more intangible themes of transience, fragility, and decay. I think I find them so intriguing because the state feels somehow familiar: ravaged by time, imperfect by circumstance, I recognize my own vulnerability to the forces of nature in every neglected piece of fruit.
