honorable mention
Elizabeth John united states
title
Once Upon A Forest pt1
These dead and dying forests are monuments to our present, past, and warning signs for the future. Their presence is the metaphoric meteor hurling its way toward earth. My focus has been on photographing “ghost forests” of the East coast of the United States. This is an ongoing project called, “Once Upon A Forest”. I work with foresters, coastal ecology biologists, and indigenous people of each state as my guides, and sources of the most vital first hand information. In all of my photographs there was once a dense, thriving forest.
These dead and dying forests are monuments to our present, past, and warning signs for the future. Their presence is the metaphoric meteor hurling its way toward earth. My focus has been on photographing “ghost forests” of the East coast of the United States. This is an ongoing project called, “Once Upon A Forest”. I work with foresters, coastal ecology biologists, and indigenous people of each state as my guides, and sources of the most vital first hand information.
I am a self-taught environmental photographer. I use art as a pathway to science to educate, inspire, and to bring about change to aid in regeneration of our planet which is dying due to human presence.
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entry description
Our planet, Earth, is approximately 4.5 billion years old, and we can say with utmost surety, that the Earth has been going through periods of warming and cooling for the past 1 million years in cycles of 100,000 years. It has been approximately 20,000 years since the last ice age, and what we are seeing now is an acceleration of the interglacial cycle due to man-made carbon emissions. This has been causing rapid global warming, sea level rise, and increased severity of storms. With these occurrences come encroachment of sea water onto forested land, and the death of forests due to salt intoxication. Scientists call them “Ghost Forests”These dead and dying forests are monuments to our present, past, and warning signs for the future. Their presence is the metaphoric meteor hurling its way toward earth. My focus has been on photographing “ghost forests” of the East coast of the United States. This is an ongoing project called, “Once Upon A Forest”. I work with foresters, coastal ecology biologists, and indigenous people of each state as my guides, and sources of the most vital first hand information. In all of my photographs there was once a dense, thriving forest.
about the photographer
Our planet, Earth, is approximately 4.5 billion years old, and we can say with utmost surety, that the Earth has been going through periods of warming and cooling for the past 1 million years in cycles of 100,000 years. It has been approximately 20,000 years since the last ice age, and what we are seeing now is an acceleration of the interglacial cycle due to man-made carbon emissions. This has been causing rapid global warming, sea level rise, and increased severity of storms. With these occurrences come encroachment of sea water onto forested land, and the death of forests due to salt intoxication. Scientists call them “Ghost Forests”.These dead and dying forests are monuments to our present, past, and warning signs for the future. Their presence is the metaphoric meteor hurling its way toward earth. My focus has been on photographing “ghost forests” of the East coast of the United States. This is an ongoing project called, “Once Upon A Forest”. I work with foresters, coastal ecology biologists, and indigenous people of each state as my guides, and sources of the most vital first hand information.
I am a self-taught environmental photographer. I use art as a pathway to science to educate, inspire, and to bring about change to aid in regeneration of our planet which is dying due to human presence.
back to gallery