Five-Minute Museum

"Oceans and Campfires": Documenting society's elemental ills

By Emma Mustich

Courtesy of the artist, Christopher Grimes Gallery, Santa Monica, and Galerie Michel Rein, Paris

Allan Sekula, "Good ship bad ship (Limassol) 1." From the series "Ship of Fools," 1999-2010.
Courtesy of the artist, Christopher Grimes Gallery, Santa Monica, and Galerie Michel Rein, Paris

Allan Sekula, "Good ship bad ship (Limassol) 2." From the series "Ship of Fools," 1999-2010.
Courtesy of the artist, Christopher Grimes Gallery, Santa Monica, and Galerie Michel Rein, Paris

Allan Sekula, "Churn." From the series "Ship of Fools," 1999-2010.
Courtesy of the artist, Christopher Grimes Gallery, Santa Monica, and Galerie Michel Rein, Paris

Allan Sekula, "Ship lesson (Durban)." From the series "Ship of Fools," 1999-2010.
Courtesy of the artist and Air de Paris, Paris

Bruno Serralongue, from the slide show "Cahiers (Nantes, August-September, 2003)."
Courtesy of the artist and Air de Paris, Paris

Bruno Serralongue, "Brothers and sisters come back home." From the series "Carnival of Independence," 2011.
Courtesy of the artist and Air de Paris, Paris

Bruno Serralongue, "South Sudan One People Destiny." From the series "Carnival of Independence," 2011.
Courtesy of the artist, Air de Paris, Paris, and Gallery Baronian-Francey, Brussels

Bruno Serralongue, "Newborn," 17 February 2009. From the series "Kosovo" (ensemble 1).
Courtesy of the artist and Air de Paris, Paris

Bruno Serralongue, "New Fabris, Châtellerault, jeudi 30 juillet 2009."