Category: Habitats

Tracing its roots from the Latin word habēre–to have or hold–a habitat is a space which we call our own. It creates territories that connect us. Its borders encourage relationships between innumerable living beings in a biome or on a smaller scale, families sharing a home. These same lines also segregate ourselves from others. A species introduced to a new area can decimate the local ecology. The familiar and foreign places become sites of violence and destruction as we choose to look away. What kinds of habitats emerge on screen? How do we hold landscapes with the camera and what does it mean for the beings who also reside there?