OPEN ECO: Mark Phillips, The Rhone Glacier retreats – from the series ‘Asymmetries’ (2022)

Attempts to protect part of the Rhone Glacier with tarpaulin and insulation. The irony is that this protection is only present because of the tourist ice caves. The main glacier melts, and retreats, still unprotected.

Mark A Phillips is a documentary photographer based near London. Trained as an engineer and holding a PhD in innovation and social ecosystems, he brings a research-led, multi-perspective methodology to long-term visual projects. His work focuses on: the people and systems working to address environmental and societal challenges. Recent projects include Asymmetries perspectives on climate change using both visible and infrared light, Unbroken, a sustained investigation into the repair economy, and Entangled, exploring Europe’s national enclaves. Published in the Observer, BBC News, and La Repubblica, and exhibited in the UK, Europe, and USA.

United Kingdom
www.markaphillips.co.uk
@markaphil