{"id":5826,"date":"2025-05-22T10:57:21","date_gmt":"2025-05-22T08:57:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fundacionoceanografic.org\/blog\/the-oceanografic-highlights-the-human-impact-on-the-oceans-in-a-photographic-exhibition-at-the-ciutat-de-les-arts-i-les-ciencies\/"},"modified":"2025-10-08T18:14:49","modified_gmt":"2025-10-08T16:14:49","slug":"the-oceanografic-highlights-the-human-impact-on-the-oceans-in-a-photographic-exhibition-at-the-ciutat-de-les-arts-i-les-ciencies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fundacionoceanografic.org\/en\/the-oceanografic-highlights-the-human-impact-on-the-oceans-in-a-photographic-exhibition-at-the-ciutat-de-les-arts-i-les-ciencies\/","title":{"rendered":"The Oceanogr\u00e0fic highlights the human impact on the oceans in a photographic exhibition at the Ciutat de les Arts i les Ci\u00e8ncies"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<ul>\n<li><b>The exhibition brings together 30 large-format images by documentary filmmaker Enrique Talledo and is part of the \u2018OceanFest\u2019 marine outreach festival<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Coinciding with the International Day for Biological Diversity, the Oceanogr\u00e0fic of Valencia and the Ciutat de les Arts i les Ci\u00e8ncies today inaugurated the exhibition \u201cGlobal Change: Oceans, 21 Scientific Evidence,\u201d a large-format photographic collection by marine documentary filmmaker Enrique Talledo, which is displayed outdoors between the Hemisf\u00e8ric and the Palau de les Arts.<\/p>\n<p>The exhibition, consisting of thirty images, traces a visual journey through the effects that human activity is having on the Planet&#8217;s oceans. These threats are part of the so-called global change. From the loss of coral reefs to the melting of the poles, the photographs combine visual aesthetics with rigorous scientific information and awareness messages aimed at the general public.  <\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-60979 img-fluid\" src=\"https:\/\/fundacionoceanografic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/El-fotografo-Enrique-Talledo-300x200-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"863\" height=\"575\"><\/p>\n<p>Each image is accompanied by an explanatory panel that gathers data and testimonies collected by Talledo himself during his more than 30 years of expeditions across the five continents. \u201cThe oceans are the blue heart of our Planet, and today they are beating with difficulty,\u201d explained the photographer during the opening ceremony. \u201cIn addition to overfishing and marine pollution, there are now more global threats, such as the acidification of the seas or the rise in sea level.\u201d  <\/p>\n<p>Ana Ortells, director of the Ciutat de les Arts i les Ci\u00e8ncies, highlighted the opportunity to inaugurate this exhibition on such a significant date. \u201cToday is May 22, International Day for Biological Diversity, and this exhibition draws our attention to the consequences of our activity on marine biodiversity,\u201d Ortells noted, while encouraging visitors \u201cnot only to focus on the aesthetic beauty of the photographs, but to delve into the message of urgency they convey.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>For her part, the director of the Oceanogr\u00e0fic, Leocadia Garc\u00eda, underlined the transversal dimension of the project. \u201cWe want to unite art, science and commitment in the same space,\u201d Garc\u00eda indicated. <\/p>\n<p>She also explained that the exhibition represents a further step in the Oceanogr\u00e0fic&#8217;s desire to extend its messages beyond its facilities, bringing scientific dissemination closer to the public space.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-60982 img-fluid\" src=\"https:\/\/fundacionoceanografic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Enrique-Talledo-durante-la-presentacion-de-esta-manana-300x200-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"806\" height=\"537\"><\/p>\n<p><b>A free exhibition for visitors<\/b><\/p>\n<p>The exhibition is designed as a space for free access and reflection, suitable for all visitors.<\/p>\n<p>Its location on one of the busiest walkways in the complex guarantees high visibility and makes it an environmental education tool.<\/p>\n<p>The images range from snapshots of marine life to scenes of symbolic burden on habitat degradation, such as turtles trapped in plastics, schools of fish reduced to rubble, or glaciers collapsing before the advance of global warming.<\/p>\n<p>The exhibition will remain installed for the coming months as one of the main attractions of \u2018OceanFest\u2019, the annual science outreach festival promoted by the Oceanogr\u00e0fic, which celebrates its third edition this year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The exhibition brings together 30 large-format images by documentary filmmaker Enrique Talledo and is part of&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":5044,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"content-type":"","inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[65],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5826","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-conservation"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fundacionoceanografic.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5826","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fundacionoceanografic.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fundacionoceanografic.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fundacionoceanografic.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fundacionoceanografic.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5826"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/fundacionoceanografic.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5826\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5909,"href":"https:\/\/fundacionoceanografic.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5826\/revisions\/5909"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fundacionoceanografic.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5044"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fundacionoceanografic.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5826"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fundacionoceanografic.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5826"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fundacionoceanografic.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5826"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}