Images capture the creation of climate display

A series of large portraits that highlight regions affected by climate change are on the side streets near London’s Oxford Street.

The huge display is part the second exhibition at Soho Photography Quarter.

Fire/Flood is a collection of works by Gideon Mendel (London-based photographer), who visits flood-prone areas to capture the devastation.

The BBC shared photos that show the creation of the works.

Two photographs taken by South African artist, David Ayers, were used to make the enlarged images that form the exhibition. They have been on display at the gallery since November.

One set, Drowning World features portraits that document floods in countries such Nigeria and Pakistan. While the other, Burning World, examines the rise in wildfires throughout the world.

The exhibition is located just off Oxford Street and includes a 40m (131ft long) frieze of images, large-scale street banners, and a large projection showing a newly-commissioned film. It runs each night after sunset.

Mendel spoke out about the photos, saying that the people featured in them “have taken the trouble – in a time of great distress– to engage in the camera, looking out from their inundated houses and devastated surroundings.”

“They are showing the world what calamity has befallen them.”

He stated that his subjects are not victims of this exchange, but that the camera records their dignity as well as resilience.

“They are witnesses to the harsh reality that the poorest on the planet almost always experience the greatest effects of climate change,” he stated.

Fire/Flood will be on display in Soho’s Photographers’ Gallery until May next Year.

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