Weekly Post: SAN IGNACIO LAGOON: Saved For the Whales! by Robert GlennKetchum

San Ignacio Lagoon: SAVED FOR the Whales!

by Robert Glenn Ketchum

World-Renowned Conservation Photographer Robert Glenn Ketchum dedicates Tuesday's to the Natural Resources Defense Council's (@NRDC) successful campaign that kept a whale birthing lagoon from industrial development.  Laguna San Ignacio Gray Whale Nursery in Baja California, Mexico is best known as the winter home to the once-endangered gray whale. The lagoon lies within one of the largest ecological preserves in Latin America, designated a Biosphere Reserve / World Heritage Site by the Mexican government in 1988. This blog is part of that story.  Enjoy!

Tuesday, September 16, 2014

San Ignacio Lagoon: SAVED For the Whales! #90:

SAN IGNACIO WHALES #90: The bottom line is that A LOT OF PEOPLE showed their human concern for the protection of some amazing fellow travelers on this #planet and now the gray #whales of #SanIgnacioLagoon can continue their long history of using this safe haven as their birthing area and nursery! Thank you #JoelReynolds and #NRDC for inviting me to take part in this. Thank you to Bobbie Kennedy and his family, the Aridjis, Glenn Close and her daughter, and Pierce Brosnan and his son for allowing themselves to be figureheads to this #campaign and for allowing all of us the thousands of pictures, interviews, and words that it took. This was a privilege for me, as well as an education.  AND a chance to physically interact with one of the largest minds and creatures on this planet. This is the last post of this story, so I hope you have enjoyed what I have tried to relate and that you will take the opportunity to visit San Ignacio, touch a whale, drink some tequila and cerveza and watch the sun rise and set in shimmering radiance of the tidal fluctuations.
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Zask Gallery presents "PLACE" featuring Robert Glenn Ketchum

I have not sent you a Constant Contact email since you received the one devoted to my black&white portfolio, WINTERS: 1970-1980 earlier this year.  In 2013, I will generate another Constant Contact mailing, this time of the entire portfolio, ORDER FROM CHAOS. In the meantime I wanted to take this opportunity to thank all of you for the numerous birthday wishes I received, and in turn, wish all of you the very best for the coming Holiday Season!

Wildfires Feed Thunderstorms

Photo Credit: AP Photo/John Leyba,The Denver Post

As I write this, huge fires with burn areas that measure in square miles are raging out-of-control in CO and AZ; there are currently over 100 fires burning in 11 western states and one in CO is now larger than the state of Rhode Island. In case you forgot, last year New Mexico and Texas had epic firestorms, and the tundra forest around Moscow erupted with more than 100 fires whose smoke trail could be clearly seen from space. The current CO fire is now also visible from space and its smoke plume covers parts of CO, NB, KS, OK, and TX where the haze has merged with the NM fire. Besides destroying homes and lives, these fires will affect air quality and water quality for millions of people. In CO it is also threatening the $10 BILLION-a-year recreation industry. (LATIMES 6/15/12, WILDFIRE THREATENS TO CAST SHADOW ON COLORADO SUMMER by Jenny Deam, John Glionna)

As part of the Pacific Standard Time collective exhibits in Los Angeles, one of my most important prints has been put up at USC in a show about the Los Angeles Center for Photographic Studies which I helped to found and direct.

Avalanche Lake Basin (Cirque Headwalls in a Blizzard), 1974
Photograph © 1974 Robert Glenn Ketchum

Exhibit info:

Sight Specific: LACPS and the Politics of Community:
USC FISHER MUSEUM OF ART
January 11-April 7, 2010
823 Exposition Blvd
Los Angeles, CA 90089
+1.213.740.4561

http://fisher.usc.edu/exhibitions/sight_specific_lacps_and_the_politics_of_community.html

Jenny E. Ross: iLCP in livebetter Magazine

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Photograph © 2012 Jenny E. Ross.  For Display Use Only, No Permission to Reproduce in Any Form.

CLICK HERE TO READ THE ARTICLE;  Jenny E. Ross, Life on Thin Ice™

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Photograph © 2012 Christian Ziegler.  For Display Use Only, No Permission to Reproduce in Any Form.

CLICK HERE TO READ THE ARTICLE >>> Christian Ziegler, The World of Wild Orchids

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Photograph © 2011 Florian Schulz.  For Display Use Only, No Permission to Reproduce in Any Form

 CLICK TO READ THE ARTICLE > Florian Schulz: 'To the Arctic:  Intimate Photographs of Arctic Wildlife'

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Photograph © 2011 Brian Skerry.  For Display Use Only, No Permission to Reproduce in Any Form

CLICK TO READ THE ARTICLE >Ocean Soul: Photographs by Brian Skerry

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Photograph © 2011 Gary Braasch.  For Display Use Only, No Permission to Reproduce in Any Form

CLICK TO READ THE ARTICLE > Gary Braasch's Images of Change: 'Documenting A Warming World'

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Photograph © 2011 Daniel Beltrá.  For Display Use Only, No Permission to Reproduce in Any Form

CLICK TO READ THE ARTICLE > Daniel Beltrá, 'BP's Deepwater Horizon: America's Haunting Catastrophe'

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Photograph © 2011 James Balog
For Display Use Only,
No Permission to Reproduce in Any Form

CLICK TO READ THE ARTICLE > James Balog, 'Serving As Witness to Environmental Change'

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Photograph © 2011 Miguel Ángel de la Cueva
For Display Use Only, No Permission to Reproduce in Any Form

CLICK TO READ THE ARTICLE > Miguel Ángel de la Cueva, 'Oasis of Stone:  Visions of Baja California'

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Photograph © 2011 Garth Lenz
For Display Use Only, No Permission to Reproduce in Any Form

CLICK TO READ THE ARTICLE > Garth Lenz, 'Alberta Tar Sands: The True Price of Petroleum'


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Photograph © 2011 Robert Glenn Ketchum
For Display Use Only, No Permission to Reproduce in Any Form

CLICK TO READ THE ARTICLE > Robert Glenn Ketchum, 'In Defense of the Natural World' 

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Photograph © 2011 Amy Gulick
For Display Use Only, No Permission to Reproduce in Any Form

CLICK TO READ THE ARTICLE > Amy Gulick, 'Salmon in the Trees'

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Photograph © 2011 Patricio Robles Gil
For Display Use Only, No Permission to Reproduce in Any Form

CLICK TO READ THE ARTICLE > Patricio Robles Gil, 'The Passion and Essence of Nature'

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Photograph © 2011 Robert Glenn Ketchum
For Display Use Only, No Permission to Reproduce in Any Form

CLICK TO READ THE ARTICLE>  Robert Glenn Ketchum, 'Nature’s Tireless Advocate: A Conviction of the Heart'

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An Homage to R.E.M.

Photograph © 2011 Anton Corbijn. For Display Use Only, No Permission to Reproduce in Any Form.

In 1993, I had an exhibition at the Georgia Museum of Art in Athens, hometown of the band R.E.M. Apparently several members of the band, including Michael Stipe, their iconic lead singer/songwriter, attended the exhibit during the course of its run appreciating both my work AND the fact that I created it on behalf of conservation advocacy.

Photograph © 2011 Anton Corbijn. For Display Use Only, No Permission to Reproduce in Any Form.

Surprisingly, they went further by contacting me directly to express their support of what I was doing with my art, and they forwarded me some uniquely packaged CDs of their albums with handwritten notes. I had always loved R.E.M.'s music, but was amazed that such a hugely popular group found the time to reach out in this fashion. Over the years, I also received newer releases from them as they became available.

Photograph © 2011 Anton Corbijn. For Display Use Only, No Permission to Reproduce in Any Form.

I am sorry to learn that they have chosen to quit the business, but it is great to know they do it remaining friends with each other and by mutual decision. Not all rockers want to tour forever, being "on-the-road" is a grueling exercise. I would like to wish them the best with the rest of their lives and to thank them for being a GREAT band that not only delivered ROCK, but did so with intelligent, sophisticated lyrics.

Photograph © 2011 Anton Corbijn. For Display Use Only, No Permission to Reproduce in Any Form.

Oh yes, what are my favorite songs? It is impossible not to like their "classics": "Everybody Hurts", "Losing My Religion", "Man On The Moon", "It's The End Of The World", and "Fall On Me" to highlight a few. However, the songs that resonated in me for other reasons are "Stand" because of its content/intent and "Crush With Eyeliner" just because IT IS ROCK; ­ wicked guitar!

Photograph © 2011 Anton Corbijn. For Display Use Only, No Permission to Reproduce in Any Form.

Garth Lenz: iLCP in livebetter Magazine

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CLICK TO READ THE ARTICLE > Garth Lenz, 'Alberta Tar Sands: The True Price of Petroleum'

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CLICK TO READ THE ARTICLE > Robert Glenn Ketchum, 'In Defense of the Natural World' 

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CLICK TO READ THE ARTICLE > Amy Gulick, 'Salmon in the Trees'

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Patricio Robles Gil
The Passion and
Essence of Nature

CLICK TO READ THE ARTICLE > Patricio Robles Gil, 'The Passion and Essence of Nature'

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CLICK TO READ THE ARTICLE>  Robert Glenn Ketchum, 'Nature’s Tireless Advocate: A Conviction of the Heart'

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The G2 Gallery Exhibit - Nature L.A.: Robert Glenn Ketchum

The G2 Gallery 

1503 Abbott Kinney Blvd., Venice, CA 90291

~ presents ~ 

"Nature LA:  Robert Glenn Ketchum"

March 29, 2011 - April 24, 2011

From March 29th to April 24th, The G2 Gallery in Venice is going to exhibit some very interesting aspects of my work, a seldom-viewed embroidery, and 18-panels of a repeating leaf motif that is part of my new experimentation in the digital darkroom.

 

The multi-panel leaf motif pays homage to Andy Warhol's camouflage repeat.  The first complete part of this repeat was originally created as a 6-panel  screen with each panel measuring 6ft tall by 22in wide. When exhibited, it occupies a 6ft x 12ft wall space with over-the-top colored leaves larger than your hands. It is called, 'CHOOSE JOY'.

When the divisions between the panels are removed, the 'CHOOSE JOY' leaf repeat joins at the seam and numerous symmetries become apparent. Subsequent panels play with these symmetries in various ways while always remaining within the repeat of the background leaf motif. The next six panels of repeat, 'NAVIGATING THE DARK WOOD OF ERROR' emphasize hearts and butterflies while losing color and initiating the morphing of leaf groups within the repeat.  

'CONFUSED BY BUTTERFLIES', the third group of six panels, reintroduces color in the leaves, but continues the exploration of their morph. Butterflies are accentuated to an absurd degree, some appearing almost like painted graffiti, and the background color begins to shift. The now 18-panel leaf repeat is still recognizable, but transformed and shifting to a new color spectrum which will be addressed further in the next 6-panels, imagery I am now constructing.

I have NEVER had the opportunity to display all 18 of these panels in a continuous form, so I am grateful to G2 for giving me the space. Please come and see these vibrant new pieces derived from my vast library of landscape photography.   

In a rare public display, G2 will also offer the most beautiful embroidery of all that I have done, 'CAN'T SEE THE TREES FOR THE FOREST'. This is a 2-sided, 3-panel standing screen with some very unique hand-dyed areas of black - they appear, then disappear, depending on the light. You must see this actual embroidery to fully understand the magic of it. 'CAN'T SEE THE TREES FOR THE FOREST' is privately owned and has only been on public display once for my 45-year retrospective at the Amon Carter Museum in Texas. This is a unique opportunity to view an extraordinary embroidery that has had little public exposure. Don't miss this.

 

The G2 Gallery 

1503 Abbott Kinney Blvd., Venice, CA 90291

~ presents ~ 

"Nature LA:  Robert Glenn Ketchum"

March 29, 2011 - April 24, 2011