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For more than twenty years I’ve chosen to focus on environmental issues, highlighting the dramatic changes I’ve witnessed firsthand taking place in our environment. I’m driven by the belief that art has the power to inspire and educate. My intention with this book is to remind people (by showing them the visual evidence found in these transforming landscapes), that positive change is possible.
Through wetlands restoration, communities have the ability to protect themselves from climate change and sea level rise. Together, we can take action and protect the environment for generations to come.
About The Book
“Salt of the Earth” will be a 110-page hardcover photo book with over eighty of my color photographs documenting the restoration of the San Francisco Bay’s salt ponds back to natural wetlands.
From aerial shots taken in a helicopter to ground-level and underwater perspectives, these photographs tell a powerful story of nature’s ability to regenerate and renew.
The images in the book offer unique perspectives, allowing me to reveal wound-like openings in the earth where signs of new life just beginning beneath the water.
We are given a glimpse into alien saltscapes that are juxtaposed next to opulent, manufactured structures of social media company headquarters, which rise up on the horizon immediately adjacent to the restoration.
In May 2022, I began photographing the Ravenswood pond underwater, and discovered a microcosm infused with hidden beauty. These images uncover a new universe where salt crystals have iterated into congruent forms creating a foreign landscape.
In addition to the images, the book will also feature essays by Laura Noble, a London-based art critic and writer, and John Hart, an award-winning environmental journalist.
As of March 24th, this project has raised $15,800 of their $15,000 goal. This project has 3 days left to raise as much as it can. For a pledge of $45, you will get a thank you card. For a pledge of $75, you will get one hardcover book. To learn more and to pledge money, go to: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/saltoftheearth/salt-of-the-earth-a-photo-book-by-barbara-boissevain?
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