maize is an example of a species that humans interact with mutually.
what is an example of a species that humans interact with mutually?
maize
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this series looks at how nature enters the abandoned homes of iran, both symbolically and physically. dashti is commenting on the relationship between nature and humans and how they intersect within these lived spaces. the spaces depicted in these digital photographs were once inhabited by citizens who left the country and yet all evidence of the lives that once lived there are buried. the images depict the taking over of the structures by the plants, and like most of her other work, they are staged. dashti wants the viewer to consider how humans interact with nature and acknowledge the strength it has. through her observations of the land that had been emptied by the war in iran, she wanted to highlight the tenacity of nature after witnessing a fern growing up from the cracks of one of these homes. dashti commented on this, saying, "it had the power to stay there. left alone, it would eventually consume and conquer their home." the work combines "the personal, the political and the botanical" and shows how people can come and go, but the land that humans inhabit will always be there, evolving as humans interact with it in various ways.
gohar dashti