Tracks in the Snow
In 2000, Subhankar Banerjee set out for the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to photograph polar bears in a “place untrammeled by tourism or industry” (Banerjee, 2008). This paper explores a number of threads regarding Banerjee’s artistic journey from descriptive to interpretive work, including the r...
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ftindianausw:oai:ojs.scholarworks.iu.edu:article/20925 2023-05-15T14:52:47+02:00 Tracks in the Snow Xu, Catherine 2016-05-31 application/pdf image/jpeg https://scholarworks.iu.edu/journals/index.php/iujur/article/view/20925 https://doi.org/10.14434/iujur.v2i1.20925 eng eng Indiana University Bloomington https://scholarworks.iu.edu/journals/index.php/iujur/article/view/20925/27975 https://scholarworks.iu.edu/journals/index.php/iujur/article/view/20925/30462 https://scholarworks.iu.edu/journals/index.php/iujur/article/view/20925/30465 https://scholarworks.iu.edu/journals/index.php/iujur/article/view/20925/30466 https://scholarworks.iu.edu/journals/index.php/iujur/article/view/20925 doi:10.14434/iujur.v2i1.20925 Copyright (c) 2016 The Indiana University Journal of Undergraduate Research IU Journal of Undergraduate Research; Vol. 2 No. 1 (2016): The Indiana University Journal of Undergraduate Research; 29-33 2379-5611 environmental photography art activism wilderness paradigm environmentalism info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion 2016 ftindianausw https://doi.org/10.14434/iujur.v2i1.20925 2022-07-28T20:41:53Z In 2000, Subhankar Banerjee set out for the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to photograph polar bears in a “place untrammeled by tourism or industry” (Banerjee, 2008). This paper explores a number of threads regarding Banerjee’s artistic journey from descriptive to interpretive work, including the role of politics in Banerjee’s evolution as an artist and environmental activist and comparisons of his different publications over time. Along with providing context for Banerjee’s work, this paper investigates the unique avenues through which Banerjee’s photography challenges the traditional paradigm of a pristine wilderness by reconceiving its spacial representations in exhibitions and books highlighting the presence of humans in the Arctic. Research was primarily conducted through an analysis of both photographic and textual elements of Banerjee’s publications and a conversation with Banerjee. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic IUScholarWorks Journals (Indiana University) Arctic IU Journal of Undergraduate Research 2 1 29 33 |
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In 2000, Subhankar Banerjee set out for the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to photograph polar bears in a “place untrammeled by tourism or industry” (Banerjee, 2008). This paper explores a number of threads regarding Banerjee’s artistic journey from descriptive to interpretive work, including the role of politics in Banerjee’s evolution as an artist and environmental activist and comparisons of his different publications over time. Along with providing context for Banerjee’s work, this paper investigates the unique avenues through which Banerjee’s photography challenges the traditional paradigm of a pristine wilderness by reconceiving its spacial representations in exhibitions and books highlighting the presence of humans in the Arctic. Research was primarily conducted through an analysis of both photographic and textual elements of Banerjee’s publications and a conversation with Banerjee. |
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