Interview

December 24, 2019

Interview: How a Pigment Forager Is Creating an Exhaustive Archive of Ochres Around the World

Heidi Gustafson is an artist and pigment forager who is archiving ochre from around the world. Through her artistic research studio Early Futures, she focuses on finding and documenting these iron-based earth and pigments. This requires her to take to the land. Located in rural northern Washington state, Gustafson scours shorelines and scrapes rocks in order to gather shards.

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November 29, 2019

Interview: Photographer Takes to the Sky to Capture Holland’s LED Greenhouses

German aerial photographer Tom Hegen has dedicated his craft to exploring the impact that humans have on the natural world. For better or worse, his work shows how we have shaped the environment and made changes that are often irreparable. His latest journey into the sky saw him photographing Holland's LED greenhouses, which have allowed The Netherlands to remain a formidable force in food production and export.

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November 5, 2019

Interview: Photographer Captures Visual Love Letters to Earth with Striking Landscapes

Photographer Aaron Reed shares his love of nature through striking landscape images. A resident of the Pacific Northwest, he focuses much of his attention on the temperate terrain and captures scenes of babbling brooks, massive forests, and monumental mountainscapes. Each composition is a celebration of natural light and color; together, they offer endless inspiration and are the essence of why many people venture outdoors.

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October 24, 2019

Interview: Cinematic Photos of Rural Indonesia Look like Scenes from a Film

Jakarta-based photographer Rarindra Prakarsa captures scenes from rural Indonesia that could be film stills. Drenched in gorgeous light, his narrative works often elevate everyday occurrences—such as two people at work or a man smoking a pipe—and evoke the feeling that these sights are just one part of an epic adventure story. Prakarsa has been a photographer for nearly 30 years.

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My Modern Met

Celebrating creativity and promoting a positive culture by spotlighting the best sides of humanity—from the lighthearted and fun to the thought-provoking and enlightening.