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Widening the Lens: Photography, Ecology, and the Contemporary Landscape

Catalogue to accompany the exhibition of the same title on view at Phoenix Art Museum February 19, 2025 - August 31, 2025.

How has humanity’s relationship with the land been documented by, and altered through, photography? How has the ever-increasing pace of image-making changed the environment and human ecology? These are the driving questions of Widening the Lens: Photography, Ecology, and the Contemporary Landscape, a publication inspired by a generation of contemporary artists who have endeavored to chart the past, present and potential futures of photography and the landscape.
Through a collection of essays, poetry and newly commissioned artwork, 
Widening the Lens aims to ignite renewed ecological awareness through visual representations of the environment that reveal underlying historical, social, geological and political processes. The publication includes an introduction by Dan Leers, curator of photography, Carnegie Museum of Art; an essay by renowned curator, writer and activist Lucy R. Lippard; a new commission from poet Saretta Morgan; and an epilogue by award-winning environmental and science journalist Michelle Nijhuis.

Paperback | 192 pages.

Widening the Lens: Photography, Ecology, and the Contemporary Landscape

Widening the Lens: Photography, Ecology, and the Contemporary Landscape

Widening the Lens: Photography, Ecology, and the Contemporary Landscapeexamines environmental history and degradation, particularly in the American landscape, as well as our ecological present and future. Featuring a range of works by more than 15 contemporary lens-based artists, including black-and-white images and immersive installations, the exhibition offers a compelling view into ecological trauma, our personal and collective relationships to land, and how photography can help us envision paths forward.

Widening the Lens: Photography, Ecology, and the Contemporary Landscapeexamines environmental history and degradation, particularly in the American landscape, as well as our ecological present and future. Featuring a range of works by more than 15 contemporary lens-based artists, including black-and-white images and immersive installations, the exhibition offers a compelling view into ecological trauma, our personal and collective relationships to land, and how photography can help us envision paths forward.

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