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Frequently Asked Questions
What is In Response to Place: Photographs from The Nature Conservancy's Last Great Places?
In Response to Place is a group exhibition of new work that reveals the vital and diverse interrelations of human beings and the natural world through the eyes of a dozen distinguished contemporary photographers. The photographs of In Response to Place depict a world markedly different from both classical wilderness photography and the more skeptical style of the "man-altered landscape," suggesting that the beauty of nature and the reality of human presence are not antithetical.
Who are the photographers?
William Christenberry, Lynn Davis, Terry Evans, Lee Friedlander, Karen Halverson, Annie Leibovitz, Sally Mann, Mary Ellen Mark, Richard Misrach, Hope Sandrow, Fazal Sheikh and William Wegman.
How were the photographers selected?
The photographers have been selected to reflect a variety of approaches to the medium, including portraiture and photojournalism in addition to landscape and nature photography. Their work is marked by a strong connection to subject matter and by its attachment to the emotional particularity of Place.
How did the Conservancy get the photographers involved?
The black-and-white and color photographs of In Response to Place were commissioned by The Nature Conservancy in celebration of our 50th Anniversary.
Each photographer was asked to respond to the specific experience of a site (or sites) toward which he or she felt a special affinity; the sites were selected from some 200 projects located throughout the U.S., as well as Central and South America and the Pacific Rim that The Nature Conservancy has designated Last Great Places.
Who selected the photographs that are in the exhibition?
Those selections were made by Andy Grundberg, the exhibition's curator.
Who is Andy Grundberg?
Andy Grundberg has written about photography and art for more than twenty-five years, including ten years as a critic for the New York Times. A collection of his essays on photography, Crisis of the Real, received a 1999 Infinity Award from the International Center of Photography, New York. In his ongoing role as curator, he organized the exhibition "In Response to Place." He continues to write and teach when he is not sea kayaking or cycling. He divides his time between Washington, D.C., and Boston, Virginia, where he is building a pole barn.
