Why do I love nature? Why should you? It seems inherent that we should revere the environment we live in. After all, it is our home. We are dependent on the resources it provides us, and are in synergy with the flora and fauna around us. This is a world that eludes many of us, unfortunately, for various reasons. Some of us become disconnected and detached from not just our environments, but from ourselves and our loved ones. We become indifferent to the vibrant and dramatic world we live in and grow comfortable with our malaise. Some become caught up in profit, ego, and poor foresight; wreaking havoc on those and the land around them through environmentally unsound actions and views.
I have always been in awe of the natural world, and the infinitely complex biological systems within it. I have no reservations in calling out the bogus logic of “theories” like Intelligent Design, but the utterly fascinating workings of natural environments certainly makes one wonder just how such complex ecological systems came about. We can now thank Charles Darwin for laying out a wonderfully full and robust solution to this seemingly impossible question. I highly recommend delving deeper into the academics of Biology, Ecology, and related sciences. It’s a bottomless pit of wonder.
Despite your cultural upbringing, I believe we can all agree it is important to preserve and care for the world around us. I think with the right attitude, anyone can have the same humble reverence for the beauty of nature. After all, we all come from the Earth, and we shall return back to it when we die. How could we not give this place the utmost care and attention?
Nature Photography is a great way to breach the divide between us and the environment. Without purposeful and expressive representation of the plants and animals we see all around, we might lose interest. This is what I believe nature photographers are doing with their work: re-igniting our interest; reminding us about what truly matters. It is the role of the photographer to bring us into a world we might not otherwise be aware of, and that is what I try to do with my images, to take you on a visual journey into another world, but one that has always been there.
Let us allow ourselves to be carried by these photographs of nature into a more insightful and aware consciousness. Let us take the utmost care in maintaining that we are not, indeed, contributing to the destabilization of our natural environments. Let us be humble and reverent towards nature and its gifts. I hope you enjoy the images I have included in this post. Many of them will be up at the Alcove Gallery at Antioch University Midwest for the summer. Please be sure to make your way over for the exhibit.
I have always been in awe of the natural world, and the infinitely complex biological systems within it. I have no reservations in calling out the bogus logic of “theories” like Intelligent Design, but the utterly fascinating workings of natural environments certainly makes one wonder just how such complex ecological systems came about. We can now thank Charles Darwin for laying out a wonderfully full and robust solution to this seemingly impossible question. I highly recommend delving deeper into the academics of Biology, Ecology, and related sciences. It’s a bottomless pit of wonder.
Despite your cultural upbringing, I believe we can all agree it is important to preserve and care for the world around us. I think with the right attitude, anyone can have the same humble reverence for the beauty of nature. After all, we all come from the Earth, and we shall return back to it when we die. How could we not give this place the utmost care and attention?
Nature Photography is a great way to breach the divide between us and the environment. Without purposeful and expressive representation of the plants and animals we see all around, we might lose interest. This is what I believe nature photographers are doing with their work: re-igniting our interest; reminding us about what truly matters. It is the role of the photographer to bring us into a world we might not otherwise be aware of, and that is what I try to do with my images, to take you on a visual journey into another world, but one that has always been there.
Let us allow ourselves to be carried by these photographs of nature into a more insightful and aware consciousness. Let us take the utmost care in maintaining that we are not, indeed, contributing to the destabilization of our natural environments. Let us be humble and reverent towards nature and its gifts. I hope you enjoy the images I have included in this post. Many of them will be up at the Alcove Gallery at Antioch University Midwest for the summer. Please be sure to make your way over for the exhibit.
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