First world privilege

Consumerism plays a huge part in todays society. It’s not often, we stop to think deeper about the things behind our every day needs, wants and ‘must haves,’ such as the industries, jobs and working conditions.

For this collection, there was much thought to the people digging in the heat, mining for natural gems and minerals such as Emerald and Cobalt. Where are they? How is their life? Are they happy?

This series was paying homage to the humans behind the product. Behind the beauty of the end result.