White Gold

In the southwest of Spain, there are plans to mine lithium in the middle of a nature park. But local residents from…


Resource and territorial control on the Atacama salt flat

It is not uncommon to come across fenced areas around the Atacama salt flat. While the lithium exploitations seem…


Entering Lithium Worlds

Three apparently unrelated stories about lithium. Why tell these three stories together? This project wants to explore…


From Salta to Olaroz Chico:
Lithium as a travel companion

We left Salta at the crack of dawn. From here only a little more than 300 km are between us and the Olaroz salt flat,…


Shapes of salt
Peering over Nico’s shoulder

Meet Nico and his salt sculptures from the fringes of Salar de Uyuni. Peer over his shoulder and follow his quick hands…


Ariel
A salt worker

Life of a salt worker is hard. Ariel is very passionate about what he does. But he also wants his kids to do something…