© Daniel Beltrá

Blue Earth Panel Discussion

CENTER highlights environmental and social documentary work with Blue Earth Fiscal Sponsorships. Sponsored photographers are invited to present their projects and discuss their work with the public.

Guided by moderator Holly Stuart Hughes who will facilitate audience Q&A, thank you for joining us online to learn more about each of the critical issues represented in the 2023 Blue Earth projects.

WHEN • Thursday, September 21, from 12:00 - 2:00 PM MT

WHERE • Hosted online with Zoom

HOW • Free and Public - watch the recording

Holly Stuart Hughes is an independent editor, writer, and grant consultant. The former editor-in-chief of PDN (Photo District News), she has organized panels and lectured on artists’ rights and the business of photography around the U.S., and served as a portfolio reviewer at several photo festivals. A graduate of Yale, she has written on photography and media for Time.com, The Telegraph, Multichannel News, Taschen Books, American Photographic Artists, Magnum Photos, Carlton Publishing, and Blouin ArtInfo Media.

Our Warming World asks us to consider the landscape as a place we have altered, all while striving to coexist within the natural world. Rather than merely recording the changes in the environment, this body of work seeks to enhance our awareness of the intersection of Nature’s power and fragility, asking us to reconsider our view of the planet and how we inhabit it.”

Featured image - “Pinnacle iceberg in the Southern Ocean, February, 2007” © Daniel Beltrá

Our Warming World • Daniel Beltrá
BLUE EARTH SPONSORED PROJECT & REVIEW SANTA FE ALUMNUS

“What was initially going to be a one-year project in Asia turned into a ten-year global exploration. Each year, I learned more about the tragedy and the scope of statelessness in the world, which made me more dedicated to documenting and photographing the people and communities affected by it… Stateless people are invisible to most, yet the denial of citizenship impacts regions everywhere and rests as the root cause to any number of critical issues, including forced migration, human trafficking, and even armed conflict.

Featured image - “An ailing 75-year-old Urdu-speaking man sits alone in his room in Pat Godam Camp in Mymensingh, Bangladesh. He has no family left and does not have the resources to obtain health care.” © Greg Constantine

Nowhere People • Greg Constantine
BLUE EARTH SPONSORED PROJECT

env-IRON-ment is a documentation project that uses photography, video, sound, archival material, maps, and satellite imagery to research American locations that lived the iron industry dream, its bonanzas, and decays. The project reflects the environment between us from a particular standpoint, the iron (and steel) industry, and its residues.”

Featured image - “Mineral Veins | Transitory Landscapes #70 Dry Season, 2016 Itabirito, Minas Gerais, Brazil. Vale Mina do Pico” © Júlia Pontés

env-IRON-ment • Júlia Pontés
2023 BLUE EARTH FISCAL SPONSORSHIP

UPDATE • Sofía Jaramillo will unfortunately not be able to join the Blue Earth Panel.