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Scientific American: Bearing Witness to Climate Change

Scientific American: Bearing Witness to Climate Change

A new exhibition and book document an artist’s 10-year exploration of vanishing glacial landscapes though paintings and photographs

I am an artist devoted to communicating issues of climate change through my practice. For the past decade, I’ve been documenting the dramatic disappearance of glaciers in large-scale series of paintings and photographs developed in close collaboration with glaciologists. It’s a symbiotic relationship: I want my work to accurately reflect the science and the urgency of climate change, and they want me to help them explain their science to the public through my art.

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Celebrated Living Magazine interview with Lloyd Ziff

THE ESSAY: Hidden in plain sight

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I GREW UP IN L.A., AND LIVED THERE UNTIL I was 20 to go to the Pratt Institute in New York. The light in L.A. is so lovely. The irony of it, the architecture—the city is like a fantasyland for me. There’s always a horizon line in the distance, with a foreground and middle ground. The city embodies a sense of space, which is the opposite of New York, where everything is right in front of you, and the light, though also great, is much harsher.

I began to shoot in my last semester at Pratt , where I was going to art school. My roommate recommended an extra-credit photography course because he thought I’d be good at it. My early pictures of New York from ’68, filled with black-and-white patterns, really got me hooked. Though I was an art…

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Things I Do in Detroit: A Guide Book to the Coolest Places by the Nain Rouge

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Dave ‘Suge White’ Krieger, as he is known by friends, is a native Detroiter who has made his mark on the city both professionally and creatively over the past several decades. The life-long photographer, movie producer and now author has just completed his latest endeavor, Things I Do in Detroit: A Guide Book to the Coolest Places by the Nain Rouge, an alternative guidebook to the city. A full color representation of the city accompanied by photos and text.

And who better to guide you through the coolest places in the coolest town than The Nain Rouge, or Red Gnome, himself, Detroit’s oldest and coolest resident.

So dive in, the water’s warm, but don’t be afraid to take some chances. We caught up with the gregarious author to find out more about him personally, professionally and about his latest book.

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