Where Stories Are Told and Wisdom is Remembered Project Detials: In the shelter of the Libulunganan (gathering hut), Robert Cahapon, 29, cheerfully holds up an heirloom variety of eggplant. He’s engaging a captivated audience, demonstrating the meticulous process of seed collection. This particular Sunday marked another gathering for learning under...
Lake Qarun Project Details:After the start of the industrial renaissance in Egypt during the19th century by Muhammad Ali Pasha, the industrial wastes, and municipal effluents have been largely dumped into the Lakes in the Delta area causing environmental degradation and health concerns. Lake Qarun is one of the vulnerable areas,...
Honorable Mention From their project Organic Landscapes Jennifer McKinnon Richman is a visual artist based in Atlanta, GA whose primary medium of expression is photography and digital compositing. Her work explores themes of environmental degradation and the impact of human consumption on natural landscapes. Through visually compelling and thought-provoking compositions,...
Honorable Mention From their project “Index” With Index, I draw upon my past experiences as a field biologist to process grieving around the impending loss we are facing as the result of climate change. These photograms serve as a record for what once was of the flora of a small...
Honorable Mention From their project Chimera of the Post-Anthropocene “Chimera of the Post-Anthropocene” my current series, explores objects that are assembled from nature but not of it. The photographic tableaus are based on specific biomes, envisioning dramatic and unpredictable futures of flora and fungi. These characters are lit and photographed...
Third Place Winner From their project Gain-of-Function These images are from an ongoing project titled Gain-of-Function. The series fuses non-traditional landscape imagery that acts as a backdrop for painted graphs and charts representing data from studies on climate change and its effects on the environment. The landscapes are recognizable, taken...
Second Place Winner From his project Such Queer Moons We Live With Eco-anxiety often reveals itself in small, unexpected moments.Amidst the rugged beauty of juniper, sagebrush, chamise, and manzanita, I often spot something shiny and unnatural tangled in the landscape—a Mylar balloon. Once a symbol of human emotion, the balloon...
First Place Winner From their project Life of the Land Life of the Land tells of Earth’s evolution using a bird’s-eye perspective, a creation story, showcasing her fiery birth, transformation, and rebirth. It speaks of her beginnings, adaptation, resilience, and renewal, intersecting past and present to pose questions about our...
Bios for 9th Annual Awards Ceremony and Fundraiser Honorees
Renée Barron is a lens-based artist who explores cultures and communities that are often overlooked.