Contemplating Photography

I had the priviledge of meeting the very talented photographer Eamon Mac Mahon at the CONTACT Photography Festival in 2007. I am excited to see his latest body of work commissioned by The Walrus (“Amazon of the North“) and currently at Bau-Xi Gallery in the exhibition “Out of the Woods“. This project documents the importance of Canada’s fragile Boreal Forest, our “Amazon of the North”, through monumental and sublime images. Here are some excerpts:

“Stretching from Newfoundland to the Yukon, the boreal forest is our Amazon. It acts as the lungs of the world, our largest terrestrial carbon storehouse. “

“The boreal forest contains 1.5 million lakes and 80 percent of the world’s unfrozen fresh water.”

“The boreal forest is full of wildlife, with reptiles and amphibians (forty-six species of each), mammals (152) and birds (383). In all, twenty-three species are currently endangered, another sixteen are designated as threatened, and sixty-five are considered vulnerable. The fate of their home — and of our boreal forest — rests squarely in our hands: the Canadian public owns 94 percent of it.  “

If you get a chance – I highly recommend checking out the exhibition (on until Oct. 22) or picking up a copy of The Walrus Magazine (November 2011 edition)

Related articles

• Canada’s Boreal Forest (indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com)
• Report Finds Canada’s Boreal Forest Key to World’s Survival (indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com)
• 30 Fascinating Facts about the Boreal Forest (treehugger.com)