"…It is a lunar landscape and there is a thick layer of fine dust on everything. The mines have spread into and around the villages. The ground is on fire, huge burning pits with open flames are spewing out toxic fumes. Glowing pits of fire open up the gates to the underworld.
Dhanbad is called the 'Capital of coal' and is located in Jharkhand in India. Coal is mined everywhere. The locals call i 'Black Diamond'…" (© Sebastian SARDI, 2018)
"A thick layer of fine dust covers everything in this apocalyptic landscape. The ground is burning, and a vast area is oozing with toxic gases, fire, and smoke. Amongst all of this, there are people digging in the soil with their bare hands. In Jharkhand, India, coal is mined everywhere. The locals call it 'Black Diamond'.
There is a fragile balance between nature and mankind. The human inability to break patterns is painstakingly visible in these photographs, as we knowingly keep on extracting the ground beneath our own feet.
Sebastian SARDI began his work on photographing mines in 2008. Black Diamond is a close portrait of the people who extract coal, as well as an exploration of our dualistic human nature." (publisher's note, © Kehrer, 2019)
About the photographer Sebastian SARDI (b. 1983 in Stockholm, SE):
At the age of 22 Sebastian SARDI started taking classes in analog photography at the Peoples University in Stockholm.
In 2009 he moved to Denmark to study photography at 'Fatamorgana', the Danish school of art and photography.
In 2011 he received a Bachelor’s degree in Art History and Visual Studies. He published his first photobook 'A Cirkusz' in 2012.
Today Sebastian SARDI lives and works in Malmö and Copenhagen.
Grants/Awards:
Langmanska Culture Fund 2018
Malmö City Cultural Grant 2016
Swedish Authors’ Fund Working Grant 2014
Helge Ax:son Johnson Fund 2014
Swedish Photographers Association Travel Grant 2012
BLF’s Big Photography Award 2011
Langmanska Culture Fund 2011
Helge Ax:son Johnson Fund 2011
Exhibitions:
Landskrona City, Sweden: 06.02. – 22.04.2018
Lund (Stortorget), Sweden: 23.04. – 14.05.2018
Island of Ven, Sweden: Summer 2018
Gallery Moment, Ängelholm, Sweden: 15.09. – 22.12.2018
Dhanbad is called the 'Capital of coal' and is located in Jharkhand in India. Coal is mined everywhere. The locals call i 'Black Diamond'…" (© Sebastian SARDI, 2018)
"A thick layer of fine dust covers everything in this apocalyptic landscape. The ground is burning, and a vast area is oozing with toxic gases, fire, and smoke. Amongst all of this, there are people digging in the soil with their bare hands. In Jharkhand, India, coal is mined everywhere. The locals call it 'Black Diamond'.
There is a fragile balance between nature and mankind. The human inability to break patterns is painstakingly visible in these photographs, as we knowingly keep on extracting the ground beneath our own feet.
Sebastian SARDI began his work on photographing mines in 2008. Black Diamond is a close portrait of the people who extract coal, as well as an exploration of our dualistic human nature." (publisher's note, © Kehrer, 2019)
About the photographer Sebastian SARDI (b. 1983 in Stockholm, SE):
At the age of 22 Sebastian SARDI started taking classes in analog photography at the Peoples University in Stockholm.
In 2009 he moved to Denmark to study photography at 'Fatamorgana', the Danish school of art and photography.
In 2011 he received a Bachelor’s degree in Art History and Visual Studies. He published his first photobook 'A Cirkusz' in 2012.
Today Sebastian SARDI lives and works in Malmö and Copenhagen.
Grants/Awards:
Langmanska Culture Fund 2018
Malmö City Cultural Grant 2016
Swedish Authors’ Fund Working Grant 2014
Helge Ax:son Johnson Fund 2014
Swedish Photographers Association Travel Grant 2012
BLF’s Big Photography Award 2011
Langmanska Culture Fund 2011
Helge Ax:son Johnson Fund 2011
Exhibitions:
Landskrona City, Sweden: 06.02. – 22.04.2018
Lund (Stortorget), Sweden: 23.04. – 14.05.2018
Island of Ven, Sweden: Summer 2018
Gallery Moment, Ängelholm, Sweden: 15.09. – 22.12.2018
- Ed(s)/Author(s)
- Jenny Maria Nilsson, Sukruti Anah Staneley
- Book design
- Nanni GÖBEL
- Format
- HC, 24 x 29 cm., 104 pp., 49 color ills., text language: English