num_pages: 104
description: Arid Waters  is a photographic response to the growing crisis of water scarcity, which exists because of the tendency to think of water as a commodity, or an abstract legal right, rather than the most basic physical source of life. The Water in the West Project began as a collaborative effort designed to present an artistic response to water as a social issue. Photography historian Ellen Manchester and the photographers—Mark Klett, Terry Evans, Laurie Brown, Peter Goin, Robert Dawson, Martin Stupich, Gregory Conniff, and Wanda Hammerbeck—address the How can photography contribute to the urgent public debate over water use and allocation? Project members prepared an exhibition of their work, defining it as a laboratory and emphasizing the process of working through ideas. This collection documents the evolution of the Water in the West Project from its inception as a group collaboration to the foundation of an archive.
language: English
title: Arid Waters: Photographs From The Water In The West Project
titlecomplete: Arid Waters: Photographs From The Water In The West Project
ratings_count: 1
publisher: University of Nevada Press