Contemporary Photographers : Environmental Issues And Spark Engagement

As global warming intensifies, glaciers melt and forests reduced，more and more people begin to be concerned about environment problem. Environment is the fundamental of our existence，so we need protect environment. Paul H. Rubin in his article “Environmentalism as religion” says “But there is another sense in which environmentalism is becoming more and more like a religion: It provides its adherents with an identity”(399). He thinks environmentalism like a religion, and environmentalism and religion have many same characteristic. I agree Rubin’s opinion. Like religion, environmentalism has difference tribe, environmentalist like a missionary, environmentalism and religion both have food taboos and they also

Environmental documentarian, Bridget Besaw, combines both photography and film to advocate wilderness preservation and food sustainability. She creates “visual stories that serve as a rousting, yet romantic reminder of our collective instinct to care for the planet” (Besaw, 2015). Besaw’s photography captures a range of environmental issues from “threats to Maine’s wilderness, loss of working farmland in New England, restoration of crucial salmon habitat in the North Pacific, wilderness preservation in South America, and sustainable fisheries initiatives throughout the world” (Besaw, 2015). Besaw uses photography so others get “a closer understanding of and relationship to their own bodies and the planet that provides them with life. So for

There are two phenomenal photographers that have inspired me and my desire to learn more about photography and to become an environmental photographer. The two professional photographer are Ansel Easton Adams and Mary Ellen Mark. One photographer who inspires me is Ansel Adams. Ansel Adams was considered to be an environmental photographer. Adams was born in San Francisco, California. His family migrated to California from England. His grandfather started a lumber business to help make ends meet. Ironically later in his life Adams would condemn the lumber industry for depleting the red wood forest in California. He was an only child and spent countless hours leaning astronomy from his father. His father bought him a three inch telescope

“Ansel Adams was one of the great photographers of this century. He was one of the best loved spokesmen for the obligations we owe to the natural world,” said John Szarkowski, director emeritus of the Department of Photography, Museum of Modern Art (USA Today Magazine, 66). Indeed, Adams dual role of photographer and environmentalist were unique yet intertwined and created a lasting impact on the world.

I would remind the concept ‘Visual rhetoric’, which is defined as “study and the production of the visual representation of space, environment, ecology, and nature in photographs, paintings, television, film, video games, computer media, and other forms of image-based media to construct or challenge “seeing” of nature or what constitutes an environmental problem” (Cox & Pezzullo, p. 74). Laurie Allmann’s Anticipating Rhythm video talks about how the art and popular culture do use in environmental issues, how they are interpreted as visual rhetoric to the public. I was sympathized that tell the small story first and then expand on state and globe with telling authentic and true story be accompanied with visual arts or sounds as complementary truth, because telling general environmental issues cannot make attentions and interests regardless of people who are interested in the nature.

Ansel Adams the environmentalist and photographer was born on February 20, 1902 in San Francisco, California. His father and mother were Charles Hitchcock Adams and Olive Bray. They lived right outside the Golden Gate. When Ansel was a young boy he was thrown into a wall by an earthquake. After the earthquake, his nose was bent out of place and would forever stay the same. Most of his childhood he would spend most of his time wondering around the Golden Gate in search of nature and when he came home he would have to listen to his mother fretting over Adams inability to keep the family fortune. But his father would be encouraging and supportive of Ansel. Both his parents left a big mark on him. Ansel was suspended from three schools because

The thread running through this book is that photographers have been and continue to be visual advocates for the environment. In spite of all the wrongs we have afflicted to Earth, this book discusses how photographers and all sorts of people are actively coming together for a better tomorrow. Environmentalism in the 21st century involves hard work and determination by photographers, environmentalists, some in government, and others getting the information to the public and decision-makers what is happening people, places and spaces on a changing planet. Much of this has materialized through alternative modes of communication and they have done well to circumvent and challenge the status quo, and will continue to do so.

Environmentalism is the theory that the environment is an important factor for an individual or groups in their

I was extremely inspired by this article I found on a photographer named Benjamin Von Wong and how he transformed his projects into something very meaningful to benefit this planet. He wanted people to be more aware of how harmful plastics in the oceans affect the life there. Wong then thinks of how he can turn a not so interesting topic into something mind-blowing and eye-catching. He makes his fantasy come to live by creating these BEAUTIFUL photographs of mermaids that are dying from all the plastic in the ocean to get the audiences attention on how bad we are killing the oceans. I find it fascinating that you can turn trash into something significant and powerful or even create appealing art! You guys should definitely check out the full

    Firstly, the book that covers environmentalism is the Lorax. This is about someone, named the Once-ler, that discovers the Truffula trees and the marketing potential of the Thneed, a product he created using the trees. Soon his mind is infiltrated by materialism and he starts mercilessly cutting down the Truffula trees, despite the Lorax’s attempts to stop him. Animals start leaving, due to the pollution, lack of food, and substances in the pond. The Lorax has virtually no hope left, so he leaves. I believe that this has a lot to do with the real world. Before, many people still believed in environmentalism. As society grew more advanced, people’s minds changed. Materialism began to take over, and people began

In 1979 the establishment of the English environmental organisation ‘Earth First!’ marked a new era within the environmental movement that quickly spread throughout the world. This new organisation espoused

Many people came on September 22, 2015 to witness a young women’s story about how she overcame cultural bias, sexual abuse, and physical danger in order to achieve her dream to become a professional photographer. Invited to speak at Saginaw Valley State University’s Malcom Field Theatre by the president of the university, the title of Eman Mohammad’s speech was ‘Breaking Taboos and Documenting Devastation: A Woman’s Journey’. This title fitted her speech perfectly as a many people came to hear her speech for a number of reasons. Some came to listen to a female talk about her journey in a male-dominated occupation, while others came to hear her life story and how it influenced her passion and the subjects of her work. Eman Mohammad is a significant

MoMA’s longstanding exhibition series of recent work in photography, New Photography, returned for its 30th anniversary. The New Photography exhibition is called Ocean of Images and is showing 19 artists and artist collectives from 14 countries. The exhibition was organized by Chief Curator of Photography Quentine Bajac, Lucy Gallun, assistant curator; and Roxana Marcoco,senior curator; with the assistance of Kristen Gaylord, Beaumont and Nancy Newhall Curatorial Fellow, Department of Photography ("Ocean of Images: New Photography 2015 | MoMA”). According to MoMA’s exhibition description, the Ocean of Images is suppose to be probing the effects of an image-based post-Internet reality by examining various ways of experiencing the world ("Ocean of Images: New Photography 2015 | MoMA”). Some artists have created new work specifically for the exhibition including DIS and Katja Notvitskova.

The Twentieth Century conservationists like John Muir and Gifford Pinchot always argued that it was important for the government of the day to strike a balance between the two conflicting goals of economic development and environmental conservation. According to Menzel (2007; 3- 4), other environmental movements in the USA had been in constant conflict with industrial enterprises. The major root cause of conflict being the fact that industrial enterprises had ignored the fact their activities were hurting the environment through

Many people believe that the Sustainable Revolution began with concern for the environment. The way we portray our relation to the natural world has changed since the times of Thoreau and Emerson. The E for environment