“I WISH I COULD CRY FOR HELP” is a visual interpretation of a planet in distress, embodied through the figure of a woman who stands in for Mother Earth at the edge of psychological and physical collapse. Between moments of clarity and states of unraveling, her presence fractures and dissolves across the series.
The recurring diptych structure where a sharp, grounded image is followed by its blurred, destabilized counterpart aims to mirror a slipping consciousness. What begins as coherence gradually erodes into distortion and fragmentation. This visual language echoes the slow, often imperceptible degradation of the environment.
In several images, the body appears to combust from within. Saturated reds, searing yellows, and engulfing gradients evoke a world overheating, but also a psyche under unbearable strain. Fire becomes both symptom and metaphor of ecological collapse and of a certain kind of exhaustion.
Mother Earth is depicted as a sentient being unraveling under pressure, her instability reflecting our collective failure to listen and to act.
Photography & Creative Direction / Yannis Davy Guibinga
Styling & Featuring / Hajia Maa