Sea inlet

This PhotoGraphism shows the transformation of a landscape under the dual effect of rising sea levels and coastal erosion. It results from the applying of image processing algorithms to a photograph of a field of sunflowers in the Lauragais region (Haute-Garonne, Occitanie). Read more ...

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Sea inlet

In summer, the plains of the Lauragais region (Occitanie) are covered in the characteristic yellow orange of sunflowers.

Due to global warming, sea levels have already risen by 25 cm (on a global scale) since the beginning of the 20th century. What will happen in a few decades' time? Will the current landscape be partly submerged by rising waters?

Using image processing algorithms, let's imagine the possible evolution of this landscape under the dual effect of rising sea levels and coastal erosion. In time, will a bay, an arm of the sea as depicted in this photographism, replace the present sunflower field?

Photographism of a field of sunflowers in the Lauragais

PhotoGraphism Infos

Photographic conditions : Sigma DP3 Quattro - F/11 - 1/6 sec - ISO 100
Development tool of the photograph : SIGMA Photo Pro 6.6.1
Image processing algorithms: G'MIC (GREYC, ENSICAEN, Université de Caen & CNRS)
Optimization of the display : 180 px/in + MozJPEG

Keywords : landscape transformation, effect of climate change, sea-level rise

Exhibition

This photographism is an integral part of an exhibition entitled « PhotoGraphism : Crossed Views » which was presented to the public on three occasions: in 2019 at the Galerie Dominique C. of the Château d'Auriac sur Vendinelle and at the Château des Ducs de Joyeuse in Couiza, in 2021 at the GET Cultural Center in Revel.

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