Devour the Land

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War and American Landscape Photography since 1970

Summary

Devour the Land explores the profound effects of militarism on the American environment through art, environmental studies, and political perspectives. This book showcases how contemporary photographers have documented the US military's impact on the domestic landscape since the 1970s, a pivotal era for both environmentalism and photography. Featuring interviews and works by renowned photographers such as Ansel Adams and Robert Adams, it reveals how warfare and environmental harm are deeply intertwined within the American landscape.
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Format: Paperback / softback

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This thought-provoking volume is ideal for readers interested in arts and culture, environmental activism, military history, and photography, as well as those who appreciate the intersection of politics and artistic expression.

Tracing the impacts of militarism on the American landscape, through the lens of art, environmental studies, and politics

Description

Tracing the impacts of militarism on the American landscape, through the lens of art, environmental studies, and politics

Devour the Land considers how contemporary photographers have responded to the US military’s impact on the domestic environment since the 1970s, a dynamic period for environmental activism as well as for photography. This catalogue presents a lively range of voices at the intersection of art, environmentalism, militarism, photography, and politics.

Alongside interviews with prominent contemporary artists working in the landscape photography tradition, the images speak to photographers’ varied motivations, personal experiences, and artistic approaches. The result is a surprising picture of the ways violence and warfare surround us.

Although most modern combat has taken place abroad, the US domestic landscape bears the footprint of armed conflict—much of the environmental damage we live with today was caused by our own military and the expansive network of industries supporting its work.

Designed to evoke a field book and to nod toward ephemera produced by earlier artists and activists, the catalogue features works by dozens of photographers, including Ansel Adams, Robert Adams, Dorothy Marder, Alex Webb, Terry Evans, and many more.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780300260083

Publisher: Yale University Press

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 09 November 2021

Country: United States

Imprint: Harvard University Art Museums,U.S.

Illustration: 137 color + b-w illus.

Contributors:

Edited by Makeda Best
Contributions by Steven Hoelscher
Contributions by Abrahm Lustgarten
Contributions by Courtney J. Martin
Contributions by Katherine Mintie
Contributions by Ed Roberson
Contributions by Will Wilson

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 203.0mm

Height: 254.0mm

Weight: 250g

Pages: 262

Collections

American & Canadian History Arts & Culture History & Archaeology History & Military Non-Fiction

About the Author

Makeda Best is Richard L. Menschel Curator of Photography at the Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, MA.