George Chasing Wildfires, Eureka, Nevada, 2012 by Lucas Foglia

Though the phrase “Manifest Destiny” smacks of influencer-speak, it’s more accurately a warning of what will befall opportunists whose ambitions and entitlement are grounded in delusion rather than reality. In Biblical terms, we reap what we sow – a principle all too clear when examining the destruction of the American landscape, the nation’s unchecked greed, and the worsening climate crisis. 

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For the new book, American Geography: Photographs of Land Use from 1840 to the Present (Radius Books), Sandra S. Phillips, Curator Emerita at the San Francisco Museum of Art, embarked on a 10-year journey to examine the history of land use in the United States. Featuring the work of Dawoud Bey,William EgglestonMitch EpsteinLaToya Ruby FrazierDorothea Lange, and Stephen Shore, among others, the book explores the role photography has played in shaping our ideas about conservation, expansion, and exploitation of the environment.

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Indian Summer, from the series Four Seasons, 2006 by Wendy Red Star
“Hiding Place,” Cambridge, MA, from the series The Underground Railroad, 2010 by Amani Willet
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