Every atom in each of us existed before organic life emerged 4 billion years ago. Just as we are the progeny of minerals, something we can barely imagine surely arises from the detritus of our industrial world. Bringing the organic and the man-made into an artful holistic relationship makes sense in ways more easily intuited than articulated. These are old and hopeful notions. In my own way, I struggle to activate them.
Art is the great weapon.
Sitemap For The Trees Having worked for many years as an environmental photographer documenting nature's beauty and destruction, I have come to sense that something is lacking in our effort to educate and activate people to protect our last ancient forests. The Tragedy of Industrial Forestry, a coffeetable book published by the Sierra Club, documenting forest devastation across North America. With great hope, Clinton, Gore and each member of Congress were presented with a copy. And yet just eight months later they unleashed the Salvage Rider, arguably the worst piece of anti-environmental legislation in recent history, suspending all environmental laws in our forests for one year. Although the book was timely, and its promotion was often brilliant, the issue was more urgent than the message was able to address.