GREECE. Stylida. Windfarm about to be set up. Picture taken in 2007.
FRANCE. Champagne Region. Wind turbines. 2007.
GREECE. Corinth. Motor Oil refinery. Picture taken in 2007.
GREECE. Megalopolis. Open caste lignite mine and excavator. Picture taken in 2007.
MALAYSIA. Kepong Forest Reserve. Crown shyness in the 'kapur' tree (Dryobalanops aromatica), one of the dipterocarps that, as they mature in the forest, develop mutual avoidance. 1997.
RUSSIA. Monchegorsk. Kola Peninsular. Polluted landscape affected by nickel smelter. Picture taken in 2006.
USA. California. Julia "BUTTERFLY" in a 200 foot ancient redwood tree named "Luna". She has lived in the sequoia "Luna" for the past year to protect it from deforestation. 1998.
I really like Stuart Franklin's work. I can tell he has covered a wide area of environmental issues over a long period of time world wide. He has photographed landscapes and people, which is what I hope to do with my project. Although he has photographed people, I don't think he has photographed them as intimately and thoroughly as I hope to.
Franklin has photographed a lot of issues from energy, pollution, waste, and deforestation. I want to address at least one of these issues. I'm just having trouble finding the people.
Franklin told me he prefers to photograph on film, and he loves photographing trees and people. I can see a lot of his images are on digital and of landscapes. I think it's near impossible to not shoot landscapes when doing an environmental project.
He also told me he uses digital as it is easier, quicker, and better in low light conditions. I may have to consider this format when shooting my project. I ideally want to shoot on 35mm and hassleblad black and white. 35mm for the people, and hassleblad for the landscapes. But as time is an issue with me as I can't properly start shooting until after my internship I may have to consider digital as it is a lot faster to process.
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