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Protest Photography on 12/3/08 --Richard Misrach & Environmental Awareness

By GLloyd Rowsey (about the author)

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As interesting and provocative as the cultural geography might be, the desert may serve as the backdrop for the problematic relationship between man and the environment. The human struggle, the successes and failures, the use and abuse, both noble and foolish, are readily apparent in the desert. Symbols and relationships seem to arise that stand for the human condition itself....We must maintain constant vigilance, to protect the world from ourselves, and to embrace the world as it exists. --Richard Misrach, Desert Cantos (University of New Mexico Press, 1987)

Four pictures from the artists' 1999 "Battleground Points" series of works:

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Battleground Point #1

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Battleground Point #7

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Battleground Point #20

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Battleground Point #41

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