underpin

And after 17 years of photographing large industrial landscapes, it occurred to me that oil is underpinning the scale and speed. Because that is what has changed, is the speed at which we're taking all our resources.
Après 17 ans passés à photographier de grands paysages industriels, il m'a semblé que le pétrole soutenait l'ampleur et la vitesse, parce que c'est cela qui a changé : la vitesse à laquelle nous utilisons toutes nos ressources.
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