"Altered Landscape: the Carol Franc Buck Collection"
2001-06-16 until 2001-09-09
Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art
Scottsdale, AZ, USA

THE ALTERED LANDSCAPE presents a selection of nearly 100 contemporary landscape photographs that focus on human presence in the environment. Drawn from the Nevada Museum of Art's extensive photography collection, the images date from the past two decades, and reveal the diverse strategies used by landscape photographers to articulate the land and environment.

Focusing in large part on the topography of the new West - a region that represents some of the most challenged landscapes in America - with an emphasis on nuclear and military testing and mining sites, the exhibition also includes a number of re-photographs emphasizing how the land has been transformed over time. Other images document the constructed landscapes of sprawling housing developments and water projects. Artists included in the exhibition are Robert Adams, Terry Adams, Lewis Baltz, Barbara Bosworth, Joe Deal, Frank Gohlke, Peter Goin, Emmett Gowin, Mark Klett, Patrick Nagatani and Catherine Wagner. A book published by the University of Nevada Press accompanies the show.

This exhibition was organized by the Nevada Museum of Art. Made possible by generous grants from the Carol Franc Buck Foundation and the National Endowment for the Arts.

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