Protest Photography on 12/3/08 --Richard Misrach & Environmental Awareness

December 3, 2008 at 12:03:26 View Ratings | Rate It Protest Photography on 12/3/08 --Richard Misrach & Environmental Awareness by GLloyd Rowsey www.opednews.com

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As interesting and provocative as the cultural geography might be, the desert may serve as the backdrop for the problematic relationship between man and the environment. The human struggle, the successes and failures, the use and abuse, both noble and foolish, are readily apparent in the desert. Symbols and relationships seem to arise that stand for the human condition itself....We must maintain constant vigilance, to protect the world from ourselves, and to embrace the world as it exists. --Richard Misrach, Desert Cantos (University of New Mexico Press, 1987)

Four pictures from the artists' 1999 "Battleground Points" series of works:

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Battleground Point #1

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Battleground Point #7

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Battleground Point #20

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Battleground Point #41

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(Courtesy of Fraenkel Gallery, Pace/MacGill Gallery, Marc Selwyn Fine Art, and artnet's Artist Works Catalogues.)

I'm sixty-seven and I live in Northern California. I graduated from college in 1963 and from law school in 1966. I retired in 2001, after working 23 years for the United States Forest Service. I have radical politics, and before going to work for the Forest Service in 1978 I spent ten years trying to contribute to the revolution.

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