In our daily lives, we hardly notice the garbage that surrounds us. We are rarely confronted 

with a large accumulation of waste, so that the parts scattered in the environment 

escape our perception. The series “30 Minutes” addresses this perceptual dilemma by giving 

the mass of garbage the size that does justice to the problem. It does this by what the 

title suggest: A thirty minute walk. The in this time photographed waste is first separated from 

its surroundings and then placed into a collage. A mountain of garbage is created, which 

reveals the true dimension of the waste in our environments. By staggering and enlarging the waste, 

the series invites viewers to become more aware of the extent and consequences of their 

consumer behaviour and to question it.