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A seemingly endless sea of plastic greenhouses, visible as enormous white patches even from outer space. A small region in southern Spain serves as Europe’s largest vegetable garden, filling our supermarket shelves with fresh produce. But beneath this remarkable efficiency lies a darker reality: migrant exploitation, inhumane living conditions, and severe environmental degradation.
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Photography
Rob Hornstra
Text
Arnold van Bruggen
Project
2026
This project was created during employment at LMNOP.works
In this publication, Rob Hornstra and Arnold van Bruggen embark on a journey through grief and bargaining, asking: “How long will Europe continue to accept human exploitation and ecological destruction in exchange for cheap produce?
The design of the large-format, Swiss-bound book draws on a variety of formats: a photobook meets newspaper meets column meets supermarket brochure meets activist leaflet. These references are reflected in the bold visual layout and the primary colours of the advertising world, as well as in the different paper stocks that distinguish the book’s sections. They allow the reader to tactually travel from artificial packaging to natural fibres.
The book combines powerful visual narrative with investigative journalism. Photographs of plastic landscapes and the people behind the plastic curtains are paired with overprinted newspaper clippings, photographs of refugees making the crossing by boat, and conversations with various people from the region, creating a layered and thought-provoking body of work.
