‘Hunting Wild Grasses’

DATE: 2003-2008
MEDIUM: infrared photographs

‘Hunting Wild Grasses’ is an on-going series of photographs, taken in Britain and abroad, of common grasses found in cities and rural undergrowth. Despite their mundanity, these grasses are surprisingly overlooked, even unknown. The expert on grasses Charles Edward Hubbard (1900-1980) noted that ‘It is estimated there are about 620 genera and 10,000 species of grasses throughout the world. Of these, only 54 genera and between 150 and 160 species are indigenous to or naturalized in the British Isles. ’

In ‘Hunting Wild Grasses’ Maciá captured on infrared film some 3,600 images taken with macro lenses - a technique that is capable of a scale of observation far beyond the capacity of the human eye. These are presented as a visual orchestration, supplemented with the subtle smell of apples pervading the space of exhibition.

Presented at
VTO Gallery, London, 2003