The Fall (2013)
In THE FALL, David Maisel documents parts of the landscape between Madrid and Toledo, situated seventy kilometres further south.
From the air this region appears to accommodate landscapes that have been excessively eroded, both ecologically and aesthetically, by the impact of man. From abandoned post-crisis construction sites in the Madrid district of Vicálvaro, alien-looking agriculture and the opencast mining of minerals in Borox, to the shaded fields of the industrial plantations in Fuensalida: Maisel’s compositions evoke a philosophical and existential dual reaction. Simultaneously intriguing, daunting and confusing. More than simply images clarifying the impact of human activity, they form a poetic view of the human psyche that has created these misshapen landscapes.
