Photography in an Age of Environmental Change
May 25, 2021
David Maisel
Photography in an Age of Environmental Change
Photographer David Maisel will present his work, focusing on landscapes that have
undergone severe environmental transformation. He has devoted decades to
making a visual record of such impacted sites in the American landscape and beyond,
from both an aerial perspective and from the ground. He will discuss Proving Ground,
which focuses on a classified military site in Utah where chemical and biological
weapons are developed and tested, Desolation Desert, which examines mining of
lithium and copper in Chile’s Atacama Desert, and other projects that challenge our
views about our collective stewardship of the Earth.
making a visual record of such impacted sites in the American landscape and beyond,
from both an aerial perspective and from the ground. He will discuss Proving Ground,
which focuses on a classified military site in Utah where chemical and biological
weapons are developed and tested, Desolation Desert, which examines mining of
lithium and copper in Chile’s Atacama Desert, and other projects that challenge our
views about our collective stewardship of the Earth.