Tierra sin Agua

What happens when the water disappears?

Almost every year, new records of heat and drought are broken. In Spain, this leads to profound water shortages. The crisis is visible in failed harvests, empty reservoirs and vanishing lagoons. While human-induced climate change plays an important role, the issue is more complex and closely linked to Spain’s cultural relationship with water.

In her photo-documentary project Tierra sin Agua (Spanish for Land Without Water), Ana Rodríguez Heinlein explores the many layers of the water crisis in Spain. Through photographs and texts, including an essay and notes from a travel diary, she creates a narrative that contrasts different aspects of the subject. The way she arranges images and inter- weaves text and visual material results in a work of subjective documentary.