Peter Goin and the Photography of Environmental Change Visual Literacy and Altered Landscapes

Synopsis

Peter Goin and the Photography of Environmental Change narrates the forty-year quest of award-winning and internationally exhibited contemporary photographer Peter Goin to document human-altered landscapes across America and beyond. It is a collaborative work between an artist and a literary critic, a retrospective of an accomplished environmental photographer, and an innovative education in visual reading.
Enduring howling wind, pounding rain, and blistering sun, Goin bears witness to radioactive landscapes, abandoned mines, simulated swamps, rechanneled rivers, controlled burns, overgrown ruins, industrialized agriculture, shrinking reservoirs, feral spaces in the city, architected wilderness, sacred wastelands, contested borderlands, and more. Based on more than seventy hours of taped interviews with the artist spanning over a decade, trailblazing ecocritic Cheryll Glotfelty narrates the arc of Goin's career, sharing excerpts from their conversations that reveal his brilliant mind and piquant personality while situating his work within the broader context of environmental thinkers.
This beautifully illustrated volume, with 200 images in color and black-and-white showcasing Goin’s work, will be a fascinating and insightful read for upper-level students, academics, and researchers in photography, environmental history and culture, landscape studies, and environmental humanities.

Book details

Series:

Routledge Environmental Humanities

Author:

Peter Goin, Cheryll Glotfelty

ISBN:

9781000509700

Related ISBNs:

9781032080338, 9781003212607, 9781032080321

Publisher:

Taylor and Francis

Pages:

394

Reading age:

Not specified

Includes images:

Yes

Date of addition:

2022-05-11

Usage restrictions:

Copyright

Copyright date:

2022

Copyright by:

Cheryll Glotfelty 

Adult content:

No

Language:

English

Categories:

Art and Architecture, Earth Sciences, History, Nonfiction, Outdoors and Nature