Dedicated to the memory of Honduran forest defenders Juan Silva and his son Juan

There is no place on Earth that has not been irrevocably altered or polluted by human activity. My profound connection to nature and our impact on the environment has been an overriding subject in my work throughout my years as an artist. I use my Maine farm and the photographs I have taken over 40 years to show the changes to the land around me. I do this by creating theaters. By tearing, twisting, and drawing, I construct my photographs as I explore issues of climate grief, consumption, destruction, and our fundamental alienation from the natural world. The act of crushing and tearing well-made photographs is a personal, performative, existential act and the resulting final arrangement evokes images of nature subjugated by human exploitation and allows me to find comfort and beauty in what remains.