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Lucas Foglia
Trees Marked for Cutting after a Wildfire, National Park Service, California, 2015
Estimated Value: $6,000
Pigment print
34 × 44 inches
Unframed
Edition 5/8
Signed, on label
Donated by the artist.
This photograph is part of Lucas Foglia's book and exhibition titled Human Nature. Today, nature both heals us and threatens us. As we spend more time than ever indoors looking at screens, neuroscientists demonstrate that time outside is vital to human health and happiness. Yet, we are vulnerable to the storms, droughts, heat waves, and freezes that result from climate change. Human Nature is a series of photographic stories about how we rely on nature in the context of climate change. Each story is set in a different ecosystem: city, forest, farm, desert, ice field, ocean, and lava flow. The photographs examine our need for “wild” places—even when those places are human constructions.
About the Artist:
Lucas Foglia
Lucas Foglia grew up on a small family farm in New York and currently lives in San Francisco. His photographs examine the relationship between human belief systems and the natural world. He recently published his third book, Human Nature, with Nazraeli Press. Foglia exhibits internationally, and his prints are in notable collections including International Center of Photography, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, and Victoria and Albert Museum. He photographs for magazines including National Geographic Magazine and The New York Times Sunday Magazine. Foglia also collaborates with non-profit organizations including Sierra Club and The Nature Conservancy.
Website: http://lucasfoglia.com/
Instagram: @lucasfogliaphoto
