Imaging a Shattering Earth: Contemporary Photography and the Environmental Debate

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Edward John Ganis, Alaska Pipeline, North of Valdez, Alaska, 2001, chromogenic print, 13” x 19”

Throughout the academic year 2005–06, the College of Arts and Sciences at Oakland University, Rochester, Michigan, celebrates Environmental Explorations, a liberal arts theme meant to foster awareness of the biological, social, and cultural conditions that influence our world and shape our environment. This exhibition was conceived as a focal point and a showcase for Environmental Explorations.

The ecological degradation unleashed by the industrial revolution is increasingly leading concerned photographers to bear witness to the profound transformation of our world. While natural calamities wreak havoc upon the environment, this exhibition, its catalogue, and the related Web site underscore human-induced threats and damages.

Intended to reaffirm the urgency of a global response, Imaging a Shattering Earth: Contemporary Photography and the Environmental Debate features fifty-six provocative testimonies by Edward Burtynsky, John Ganis, Peter Goin, Emmet Gowin, David T. Hanson, Jonathan Long, David Maisel, David McMillan, Robert and Shana ParkeHarrison, John Pfahl, and Mark Ruwedel.

- more photos here . . .
http://www2.oakland.edu/shatteringearth/gallery.cfm