This past week, editor Rita Lombardi shared the work of artists who work from a studio or work from home. For photographer Leslie Jean-Bart, working from home has been a novelty because much of this practice is created at water’s edge. For the past 10 years, he has walked the shoreline of Coney Island, looking […]
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Bremner Benedict: Hidden Waters
Bremner Benedict is a photographer based in West Concord, MA and Tucson, AZ. Her work addresses the shifting connections that humans have with landscape and the impact they are causing within the natural environment. In her most recent series Hidden Waters : The Uncertain Future of Desert Springs, (2014-ongoing) Benedict documents desert springs within the American […]
Art + Science: Nature and Nurture: Howard Lewis
It has been medically proven that when immersed within nature, one’s anger, fear and stress tends to melt away. Nature heals. Even placing a plant indoors can bring one closer to nature. For me, being in the mountains, desert and near the ocean, I can find my personal place of sanctuary. Yet, Mother Nature doesn’t […]
Frank Hamrick: It was there all along
Educator and artist, Frank Hamrick, has a double barrelled look at water in his series, It was there all along, with a new book and an exhibition at the Morris Museum of Art in Augusta, Georgia. His practice brings a particular mastery of bringing ideas into new forms and his skill as a seer, printer, […]
Gary Emrich: All Consumed
It was a pleasure to meet Gary Emich at the Month of Photography Denver portfolio reviews. His compelling prints of landscapes as seen through water bottle labels were at once humorous and thought provoking. His work makes us see things anew, with a perspective of cynicism and curiosity. “I have chosen to…invert the value of […]
Blue Earth Alliance: Nathan Weyland: Managing Scarcity
Nathan Weyland’s long-term commitment to investigating California’s water scarcity issue has helped him create a project of great depth and understanding. There are few, if any, more important issues in California than the water supply, and Weyland’s work connects viewers with the wide range of people who are influencing water policy, and whose lives are […]