Jakob Ganslmeier & Ana Zibelnik

Over the next few years, Hague-based photographers Jakob Ganslmeier (Germany, 1990) and Ana Zibelnik (SIovenia, 1995) will be working on Fault Line, a project about the impact of the climate crisis on Southern Europe. In the first part of the project shown here, the photographers focus on climate anxiety. This psychological phenomenon is especially prevalent among young people, who are increasingly less certain about their future. For some, climate fear is paralysing, for others it stirs them to take action.

This spring, Ganslmeier and Zibelnik contacted young climate activists in Italy who are affiliated with movements such as Fridays for Future. They experience fear, anger and despair, but they are also calling for action and concrete policies. The photographers also sought out Italian policymakers who deny climate change and who use climate fear to promote their nationalist agendas.

While the photographers were working in Italy, there were urgent reminders of how dire the situation is: heavy rainfall led to severe flooding in the Northern Italian region Emilia-Romagna. The consequences of these disasters form the background to the series of portraits.

To learn more about the project Fault Line by Jakob Ganslmeier and  Ana Zibelnik go to www.jakobganslmeier.com/fault-line