Beautifully captured images of the unique and imperiled landscape of Lake Erie
For over a decade, large-format photographer Lynn Whitney has captured Lake Erie's Ohio shores. The beautifully rendered images contained in
Lake Erie reveal a sense of diverse communities, changing landscapes, and deep histories of a place. Inspired by Frank Gohlke's work on Lake Erie, Whitney's distinct eye acts as a guide through this unique and imperiled landscape; her images ask what the chances are for our collective future and offer hope in the effort of noticing. Included are Nicholas Nixon's personal account of Whitney's practice, a cultural exploration by curator Robin Reisenfeld, and an essay by biologist George Bullerjahn, which chronicles the environmental and geological characteristics of the lake. As a collection, these photographs and texts are reminders of the past we share; of what we have done and continue to do to the lake and to each other.
Bullerjahn, George: - George S. Bullerjahn is an American microbiologist, a former Distinguished Research Professor at Bowling Green State University in Ohio. He is the founding director of the Great Lakes Center for Fresh Waters and Human Health. His specialty is microbial ecology; his research has focused on the health of the Laurentian Great Lakes, particularly the harmful algal bloom-forming populations in Lake Erie since the early 2000s.
Nixon, Nicholas: - Nicholas Nixon (b.1947) is an American photographer, known for the ease and intimacy of his black and white large format portraiture and documentary photography.
Reisenfeld, Robin: - Robin Reisenfeld is a curator at the Toledo Museum of Art. She earned her M.A. and Ph.D. degrees in art history from the University of Chicago and has worked as an associate curator of prints and illustrated books at the Museum of Modern Art. Beside her curatorial and writing practise, she has served on many art juror panels and is an advisory member on the board of the Leroy Neiman Center for Print Studies at Columbia University in New York.
Sheffer, Emily: - Emily Sheffer is a photographic artist and founder of Dust Collective, a handmade photography book publisher. She earned her MFA in photography from The University of Hartford, and her BFA in Photography from The Massachusetts College of Art and Design.
Whitney, Lynn: - Lynn Whitney is Associate Professor, emerita, School of Art, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, Ohio, where she served as Associate Director, Studio Division Chair, and head of Photography. She earned her BA in American Culture Studies from Boston University, her BFA in Photography from the Massachusetts College of Art and Design, her MFA from Yale University School of Art. Her work has been exhibited throughout the United States and is included in collections, The Toledo Museum of Art, and the George Gund Foundation among them.
