Palm Oil Problem

For the past few months I have focused solely on a project that comments on a social issue.
I chose the problem that palm oil plantations are having on the Orangutan population in Borneo. The plantations are driving the Orangutan to extinction by killing or displacing them.
I chose to compare the Orangutan (who are our closest cousins) to our species.

A problem we both share is homelessness, for different reasons but still with the same end result. I decided that by substituting a human for an Orangutan in a homeless situation in our society it would convey a message that the biologic closeness that links us is important. It would also give a sense of emotional attachment if the setting is familiar.

Here are a couple of final images from this project.