{"product_id":"jamey-stillings-9783869309132","title":"Jamey Stillings","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn this book, Jamey Stillings synthesises his environmental interests with a long-held fascination for the intersections of nature and human activity. In October 2010, before construction commenced, Stillings began a three-and-a-half-year aerial exploration over what has become the world's largest concentrated solar power plant, the Ivanpah Solar Electric Generating System in the Mojave Desert of California.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFrom the stark terrain of the pre-construction landscape to the angular forms of the completed solar plant with the capacity to produce 392 megawatts of electricity on 14 square kilometres of public land, Stillings explores transformative interactions between raw natural forms and the project's precise geometric lines. Photographing from a helicopter during first and last light, Stillings' images incorporate tight abstractions, oblique views of geologic forms, and broad open views of the dramatic desert basin.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eRenewable energy projects like Ivanpah ironically question our perceptions of land and resource use, and Stillings has observed contradictions within the environmental movement, local communities, the energy industry and the general public.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThough Ivanpah was built in the American Southwest, the promise and challenge of renewable energy also raise global issues. Stillings' larger project, \u003cem\u003eChanging Perspectives\u003c\/em\u003e, will explore the global state of renewable energy development. Along our uncertain path toward a sustainable future, \u003cem\u003eThe Evolution of Ivanpah Solar\u003c\/em\u003e both forms part of the contemporary discussion on climate change and imparts a historical perspective.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Thames and Hudson (Australia) Pty Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47596699648236,"sku":"9783869309132","price":145.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9783869309132-jamey-stillings.jpg?v=1777937176","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/jamey-stillings-9783869309132","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}