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The Native cartography video made me think a lot about how coming from different backgrounds we see things very differently. And often times these different backgrounds are not represented in our everyday world, in this case maps.

For this post I wanted to share a series of photographs by Edward Burtynsky which he has called “Anthropocene”. These photographs relate to Enote’s work in some ways as they too bring forward a new narrative, a narrative about the environmental poor. The aerial photographs he takes are mesmerising, because from a first look you’re not sure what you’re looking at. With a small description, you start to see the saws, the logs, and the phosphorous. These are places in our world that exist but not advertised because it hurts big corporation businesses. Sharing these images sparks conversation about pollution, similar to how Enote’s maps spark conversation about the Zuni people. These images recognises these places are vulnerable, and in danger.

I wonder if more images about the mills in Lewiston/Auburn are shared with the community will people spark more conversation . In some ways, the museum is already doing that by telling the history, giving the mills and the people who were there recognition.

 Morenci Copper Mine

 

Logbooms, Canada

 

 

 

 

 

Saw Mills