Tag: Photography
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A History of the Anthropocene in Objects
In this book teaser, objects like monkey wrenches and pesticide pumps help narrate a fragmentary history of the Anthropocene.
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Learning to Love Human Traces in Wild Places
in ExhibitsA photographer explores an aesthetic that finds beauty in the physical alterations people make to natural landscapes, from Yellowstone to a state park in Ohio.
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A Nation’s Shadow at Bears Ears National Monument
in ExhibitsIn a series of photographs, a scholar and wilderness guide meditates on wild places and the politics of resource extraction in southern Utah.
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From Herders to Hikers, the Shifting Lives of Scottish Bothies
in ExhibitsCamping in a highland hut called a bothy, once home to Scottish hill farmers, a photographer finds kinship amidst wild space.
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Photographing Plutonium’s Invisible Legacy
in ExhibitsIn a series of photographs, a landscape designer and artist uncovers the invisible toxic legacies of nuclear technology in Hanford, WA.
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“Working at the Edge” Photo Contest Winners
in ExhibitsThe winners of Edge Effects’ photo contest capture a variety of dramatic, surprising, and precarious border crossings from around the world.
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Edge Effects Photo Contest
Calling all photographers! Edge Effects seeks submissions for its photo contest, “Working at the Edge.” Submissions due January 15.
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Erratic Monuments to a Melting World
As glaciers melt, they leave behind abandoned rocks and other erratics. This photo essay of the Alaskan wilderness explores how glacial erratics are time travelers, treasure troves, reliquaries, and rubble.
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Loaves and Fishes at Standing Rock
in EssaysA senior scholar of North American indigenous history visits the Oceti Sakowin camp and finds cause for hope. Up to a point.
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Excavating the Private Sphere
in ExhibitsA photo essay of mid-century domestic relics open a window on a woman’s hard, heroic, uncelebrated life.