More than a River: the Connecticut River Watershed by Janet Pritchard was selected from our most recent call-for-submissions. I was pleased to interview Janet to gain further insight into this body of work. Before pursuing a career in photography, Janet L. Pritchard worked as an outdoor education instructor and spent her youth traveling between the Northeast and Rocky Mountain […]
Environment
Barbara Boissevain: Salt Pond Restoration 2010 – 2019
I had the great pleasure of meeting Barbara Boissevain and her work at CENTER’s Review Santa Fe this past October. Barbara has created a number of compelling projects about toxic territories in the San Francisco Bay Area, one the most polluted regions in the United States. This examination “highlights issues of toxicity relevant to the […]
David Benjamin Sherry: American Monuments
Using analogue photographic methods, David Benjamin Sherry reexamines the classic tradition of landscape of the American West. In his book American Monuments (Radius Books, 2019) he presents photographs with vivid monochromatic palettes to shed light on the exploitation that threatens our country’s national monuments. Using 8×10 large format film, Sherry captures details and pristine qualities of […]
Lynne Buchanan: Florida’s Changing Waters
Lynne Buchanan began diligently photographing her native Florida’s waterways with the hope to create a record of her personal relationship with those environments. With time, she began noticing the damage unchecked human activity was causing to those landscapes she explored. Agricultural and industrial pollution, urban sprawl, and population growth have destabilized the delicate balance of […]
This is Climate Change: Kirk Crippens, Sharon Harper, and Benjamin Dimmitt
Museum Director James Pearson of the Southeast Museum of Photography has created a significant exhibition focused on the most important issue of our time. This is Climate Change features the projects of three photographers: Kirk Crippens, Sharon Harper, and Benjamin Dimmitt and it runs through October 26, 2019 with a Reception, including a panel talk […]
Debra Small: Habitat Lost: Negative Effects of Suburban Sprawl on Ecosystems
Projects featured over the next several days were selected from our most recent call-for-submissions. I was able to interview each of these individuals to gain further insight into the bodies of work they shared. Today, we are looking at the series Habitat Lost: Negative Effects of Suburban Sprawl on Ecosystems, by Debra Small. Habitat Lost: Negative Effects […]