Friday, March 23, 2018

A Changing World


We often see images of environmental degradation from a distance, but photographer Arati Kumar-Rao does something truly remarkable in this portrayal of decay. Rather than focus on the large locations, Kumar-Rao opts instead to show the human side of this environmental decay. The BBC reports that Arati Kumar-Rao “captures this ‘slow violence’ with remarkable grace,ranging from stunning, aerial shots of river systems to intimate portraits anddetailed close-ups.” After viewing Arati’s photos it is reasonable to say that this assertion is all rather apt. What is most striking about Kumar-Rao’s work is that it seems evocative of the photography that was taken of farmers living through the Dust Bowl at the height of the Great Depression. [1 image, 1 link, 1 quotation, 117 words]

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