{"product_id":"peter-goin-and-the-photography-of-environmental-change-9781032080338","title":"Peter Goin and the Photography of Environmental","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePeter Goin and the Photography of Environmental Change\u003c\/em\u003e 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. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEnduring 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 h\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"One of the icons of environmental criticism, Cheryll Glotfelty, engages in a conversation with a world-class photographer, Peter Goin. Together they give voice to the invisible density of radiation, the uncanny agency of climate and waste, the beauty of resisting places. A compelling journey across disciplines and artistic languages, \u003ci\u003ePeter Goin and the Photography of Environmental Change \u003c\/i\u003eenables its readers to access the stories that weave the 'humanatural' fabric of landscapes. This book provides a masterclass in visual studies and ecological humanities.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSerenella Iovino\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003e, Professor of Environmental Humanities, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA\u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Of all the arts, photography has been the consistent guiding light during the past 150 years in helping us understand not only the larger American landscape but also the everyday places where we live, work, and play. And no photographer has done more to advance a new awareness of our contemporary landscapes than Peter Goin, who always seems to anticipate future directions of the art form. This new book thankfully confirms Goin’s artistic efforts and the tremendous contributions he has made during his stellar career.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGeorge F. Thompson\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003e, Founder and Director of the Center for the Study of Place\u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"\u003ci\u003ePeter Goin and the Photography of Environmental Change\u003c\/i\u003e is a powerful conversation between the beauty and mystery of our altered world, and an exciting way of reinventing our way of seeing and feeling Nature to pursue a better world. It is the most compelling book yet written about visual literacy.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMaría Antonia Blanco Arroyo\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003e, Professor of Art, University of Seville, Spain\u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e1 Introduction: Leave your shoes at the door; 2 Biographical sketch: It’s not about me; 3 On the road; 4 Evolving landscapes; 5 American ruins; 6 Urban wild; 7 A line on the landscape; 8 Landscapes of fear; 9 Militarizing the American West; 10 Landscape is architecture; 11 Humanature; 12 The postmodern West; 13 Sensual anthropomorphs; 14 Arid waters; 15 Changing mines; 16 Water into light; 17 Ancestral artisans; 18 New nature; 19 Artifacts of the future; 20 Epilogue: Goin home; \u003cem\u003eAppendix A: Peter Goin’s books, archives, and collections\u003c\/em\u003e; \u003cem\u003eAppendix B: Keys to reading the visual language of photography, by Peter Goin\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49406659363159,"sku":"9781032080338","price":35.14,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/peter-goin-and-the-photography-of-environmental-change-9781032080338","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}