Industrial Scars: The Hidden Costs of Consumption
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| Rating | : | 4.80 (615 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1906506612 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 204 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-04-24 |
| Language | : | English |
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Award-winning science writer Lewis Smith writes about each of the processes in captivating detail, describing the development of each industry through time and across the world. At first, his photographs are mesmerisingly beautiful: taken at bird's eye perspective from a small plane, their shapes, colours and details give them an aesthetic quality that entrances and captures the imagination. Yet concern and horror creep in on the realisation of the true reality of the subject.Our ever-increasing demand for energy, rapidly changing eating habits and rampant consumerism are rapidly leading to the degradation of our planet. The foreword is written by a leading environmentalist, Bill McKibben of 350.The overall message is clear. •Highly topical - addresses concerns relating to the cost of consumerism and debates on sustainable energy•J Henry Fair has been wid
A collection of beautiful, sometimes abstract, usually ominous photographs… Fair is a lone wolf: a hunter in his own way, combing the landscape for the tracks of the most dangerous animal on earth. (Roberta Smith The New York Times) . (Bill McKibben, 350)Chillingly beautiful. (Vice)A vital collection, exposing the state of crumbling landscapes all too often kept from public eye. Images like these will be the standards around which we muster. (Geographical)Think of these images as a surveillance camera for the planet, recording the biggest crimes against nature we've ever imagined. (Audubon Magazine)The vivid color photographs of J Henry Fair lead an uneasy double life as potent records of environmental pollution and as ersa
Dolph Timmerman said Beautiful and unsettling. Henry Fair's images are startlingly beautiful and, ultimately, unsettling. This is important work and worth anyone's time to check out in this magnificent volume.. dv said beautiful book.. Art with an urgent message, a must see, beautiful book.
. J Henry Fair is an American photographer and environmental activist, based in New York. His work has been featured on The TODAY Show, CNN, NPR's Marketplace, and WDR German TV, as well as in most major publications, including The New York Times, National Geographic, Vanity Fair, Rolling Stone, New York Magazine, Die Zeit, Le Figaro, Harper's, Smithsonian, and Scientific American. He is best known for his Industrial Scars series, abstract-expressionist