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Binh Danh, Bridalveil Fall, Yosemite CA, May 31, 2012
Can we ever really see and experience a site without comparing it to the photographs of that same scene?
Noel Harding, The Elevated Wetlands
The Elevated Wetlands is one of the first and most enduringly effective pieces of eco art in Canada.
Mel Chin, Paydirt
Mel Chin describes the origins and motivations behind the nationwide art project Paydirt in a keynote address to the 2008 National Art Education Association Convention, and visits multiple sites in New Orleans adversely affected by both Hurricane Katrina and lead contamination in the soil.
Artist Dale Harding – ‘Environment is Part of Who You Are’
‘If the work doesn’t relate to your family and your community, then what’s the point?’, Harding asks.
Maya Lin’s Silver Upper White River
The river's brilliant reflections gave shape to this enormous sculpture of silver
Sebastião Salgado’s Kuwait
Finding heroism amidst one of the earth's most destructive environmental disasters
Roger Minick, Woman with Scarf at Inspiration Point, Yosemite National Park
The majesty of Yosemite National Park — with Roger Minick and the woman with the scarf.
Stéphane Couturier, Fenetre, Eastlake Greens, San Diego
Building the American dream in the California desert.
Thiebaud, Ponds and Streams
Can the commonplace working farmland of California's Sacramento River Valley be a place of of breathtaking beauty?
James Turrell, Skyspace, the way of color
A viewing station for sunrise and sunset, Turrell’s work manipulates light, time, and perception.
Michel Tuffery, Pisupo Lua Afe (Corned Beef 2000)
Tuffery’s iconic “tinned bull” addresses contemporary concerns about ecological health and food sovereignty
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