Photographer Ben Depp has set out to chronicle the wetlands in a series of aerial photographs that he captures with the help of a paramotor that he straps to his back.
From above he has become acutely aware of the vast network of pipeline canals which are reportedly responsible for up to 30% of the land loss. In this episode we take a trip to the barrier islands where Ben flies his glider and observes the recent restoration that the state has put into rebuilding the land in this area.
one of the loveliest ways to spend ten minutes first thing in the morning, a beautiful film and photographs. I did not catch the man’s name but you are doing such special work here. It always sows seeds of hope for mankind when you see what one person alone can achieve. Thank you. Your film brings to mind this poem by W.H. Davies, it is always heartening to find those, like yourself, who do go out of your way not only to find time to stand and stare whilst at the same time fulfilling such an important purpose with your documenting as regards the extent to which man is destroying his home.
“What is this life if, full of care,
We have no time to stand and stare.
No time to stand beneath the boughs
And stare as long as sheep or cows.
No time to see, when woods we pass,
Where squirrels hide their nuts in grass.
No time to see, in broad daylight,
Streams full of stars, like skies at night.
No time to turn at Beauty’s glance,
And watch her feet, how they can dance.
No time to wait till her mouth can
Enrich that smile her eyes began.
A poor life this if, full of care,
We have no time to stand and stare.
Thank you, Rose, what a lovely poem.