Malibu Sandbags


  • Photographer
    Katie Shapiro
  • Prize
    Honorable Mention
  • Date of Photograph
    2009-2010
  • Technical Info
    C-Print

Malibu Sandbags is my current body of work exploring the cohabitation of nature and man, on the beachfront properties of Malibu. This work is a topical response to current issues of economic struggle and environmental change. The sea level is rising and eroding beaches, threatening homeowners and their residential properties. In their battle with the inevitable, the wealthy homeowners of Malibu’s Broad Beach have erected sandbags to barricade their homes and save their property. The sandbags serve as both protection of homes and de-facto privatization the public beach. This project is looking at how society divides itself into social classes as well as how dramatic environmental change might effect social relations.

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