#13____Human-Made Space: In the past, photographers who were interested in how humans impacted the natural landscape grouped together to form the New Topographics. “"New Topographics" signaled the emergence of a new photographic approach to landscape: romanticization gave way to cooler appraisal, focused on the everyday built environment and more attuned to conceptual concerns of the broader art field.” http://www.lacma.org/art/ExhibTopo.aspx
As someone who takes interest in the enviroment and photography, I could see myself being a part of this approach. I think people tend to ignore the things that we do to this planet. I think this type of photograph could really help to spread the awareness of our actions.
When people saw the BP oil spill in the gulf, earlier this year they were mortified. I think that people would have the same kind of feeling if they save what coal mines looked like. How we just take as much land as we want, not caring what effect it has on something.
I think if i were to create a piece of "land art it would be consisting of a man made object, in the form of a natural thing. Maybe take a picture of streets, and how they look like weeds. Take a picture of trash nestled into what may look like a tree, or a nest.
Or maybe even pick up trash from a landfill and create it into a mountain-scape from far way, but when you get closer you see the trash stacked against itself.
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