Changing circumstances : looking at the future of the planet / curated and conceived by Wendy Watriss, Steven Evans and Frederick Baldwin ; essays by Wendy Watriss, Thomas E. Lovejoy and Geof Rayner.
Published to accompany the exhibition held at various venues in Houston, Texas, as part of the FotoFest Biennial 2016. Includes work by: Amy Balkin, Mandy Barker, Daniel Beltrá, Atul Bhalla, Edward Burtynsky, Barbara Ciurej and Lindsay Lochman, Pedro David, Luis Delgado-Qualtrough, Susan Derges, Nigel Dickinson, Dornith Doherty, David Doubilet, Peter Fend, Roberto Fernández Ibáñez, Karen Glaser, Gina Glover, Ingo Günther, Niklas Goldbach, Lucy Helton, Chris Jordan, Isaac Julien, David Liittschwager, Pablo López Luz, Evelyn Messinger and Kim Spencer, Vik Muniz, Robert Harding Pittman, Meridel Rubenstein, Joel Sartore, Toby Smith, Jamey Stillings, Martin Stupich, and Brad Temkin. Includes biographical sketches of artists and curators. Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
Introduction. Unorthodox conversations / Steven Evans -- Essays. A web of life / Wendy Watriss ; The living planet / Thomas E. Lovejoy ; Surviving the anthropocene / Geof Rayner -- Artworks -- Checklist -- Biographies.
Summary:
"Changing Circumstances is an expansive presentation of international contemporary photography, video, and new media art addressing the challenges presented by global change. It shows the work of thirty-four international artists, focusing on the ways in which these media reflect on our relationship, as individuals and as a society, to the natural environment around us"--Page 4 of cover.
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