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1854 Presents: Benjamin Grant and the big picture

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1854 Presents: Benjamin Grant and the big picture

Antarctic Sea Ice Melt, Overview Timelapse: How We Change the Earth © Benjamin Grant.

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1854 Presents: Benjamin Grant and the big picture

Australian Bushfires, Overview Timelapse: How We Change the Earth © Benjamin Grant.

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1854 Presents: Benjamin Grant and the big picture

Yakutia Permafrost Melt, Overview Timelapse: How We Change the Earth © Benjamin Grant.

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1854 Presents: Benjamin Grant and the big picture

Olympic Dam Mine, Overview Timelapse: How We Change the Earth © Benjamin Grant.

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In this online event, Grant talks us through Overview, the photography project hoping to reshape how we view the world around us.

Interviewed by 1854 Media’s Zoe Harrison, photographer and the Overview creator  Benjamin Grant explores the project, as well as the possibilities for change due to the overview effect. Inspired by astronauts’ accounts of the planet’s surface, the overview effect describes the new perspectives and understandings made possible by seeing the earth from above. Overview began as an instagram page, posting daily shots of the planet from the atmosphere. With a dedicated collection of satellite and aerial devices, the team is able to capture the planet from different angles, helping us visualise our place on the planet in new ways.

While discussing inspirations and aspirations for the project, Grant hopes to blend abstract and documentary to help us understand the world around us, and help fight against climate change. 

Isaac Huxtable

Isaac Huxtable is a freelance writer, as well as a curator at the arts consultancy Artiq. Prior to this, He studied a BA in History of Art at the Courtauld Institute, followed by roles at British Journal of Photography and The Photographers' Gallery. His words have featured in British Journal of Photography, Elephant Magazine, Galerie Peter Sellim, The Photographers' Gallery, and The South London Gallery. He is particularly interested in documentary ethics, race, gender, class, and the body.