Submerged
Flooding is becoming more frequent and severe as global temperatures rise. A warmer atmosphere produces heavier rainfall, while rising seas intensify coastal storm surges, leading to increasingly destructive floods around the world. These disasters destroy homes, infrastructure, and livelihoods, spread disease, and disproportionately affect lower-income communities. Despite international climate commitments, greenhouse gas emissions remain near record highs, underscoring the widening gap between scientific urgency and political action.
In Submerged Portraits, part of his ongoing Drowning World project, GIDEON MENDEL documents this reality across multiple continents. Photographing individuals standing in floodwaters inside or outside their homes and businesses, Mendel centers the human experience of climate change, revealing how rising waters reshape everyday lives and expose the consequences of a warming world.
