Carbon, Element by Tyler Green
Linking Human-Caused Global Warming to Wildfire Intensity through Striking Photography and Site-specific Charcoal Pigment Intaglio Prints
Carbon, Element explores the connection between human-caused global warming and increased wildfire intensity. Beginning with the industrial revolution, fossil fuel emissions have increased the amount of carbon dioxide in the Earth's atmosphere by over fifty percent, reaching a new annual high every year since 1995. This increase in carbon dioxide has warmed the planet by creating a greenhouse effect that traps heat within the atmosphere.
One of the key indicators of a warming planet is drought. Over the past two decades, three quarters of New Mexico counties have experienced moderate to exceptional drought, leading to water emergencies, widespread crop and pasture losses and a devastating wildfire season that burned nearly 860 thousand acres across the state in 2022.
Photographs of areas impacted by the Hermit Peak / Calf Canyon, Cerro Pelado and Black fires depict a charred landscape where blackened trunks stand along barren hillsides. Holes are sunken into the earth where tree roots were incinerated and the bones of animals are found blackened and brittle. Photographs of smoke from the 2023 Pass fire reveal dark ominous skies while other images show flames climbing the trunk of trees.
Handprints painted on burnt tree trunks allude to the human influence on the increasingly destructive nature of these fires, while images of salvage logging portray the continued impact of human activity across the landscape. Together, these photographs express the devastating force of wildfires that have become more intense in part by human-caused global warming.
The connection between human behavior and increasing wildfire intensity is further expressed through the photographic print. Prints made for exhibition were produced using the intaglio [in-tahl-yoh] printmaking process. This process involves etching the image into a surface, applying ink into the recessed areas and transferring the ink onto paper under significant pressure. The ink used to print the exhibition photographs is made from a raw pigment refined from charcoal collected from the same fire-scarred landscapes depicted in the images.
By incorporating this carbon-based ink into the printed artwork, a physical connection is formed between the photograph and the subject. This serves as an element of continuity between the fires, photos and the warming climate, accentuating the relationship between our collective actions and the well-being of our environment.
60 pages
36 beautifully printed duotone images, five graphs & maps
8.75 x 12 inches, perfect bound
Signed with artist-made wildfire charcoal pigment ink
Zine
Included with every book purchase
Text and captions describing the photography, ink making and printing process
8 pages, 38 halftone images
-
4.25 x 5.5 inches, hand folded
Special Edition
Book, Zine & Limted Edition Print
3 x 4 inch print made with wildfire charcoal pigment ink
Linking Human-Caused Global Warming to Wildfire Intensity through Striking Photography and Site-specific Charcoal Pigment Intaglio Prints
Carbon, Element explores the connection between human-caused global warming and increased wildfire intensity. Beginning with the industrial revolution, fossil fuel emissions have increased the amount of carbon dioxide in the Earth's atmosphere by over fifty percent, reaching a new annual high every year since 1995. This increase in carbon dioxide has warmed the planet by creating a greenhouse effect that traps heat within the atmosphere.
One of the key indicators of a warming planet is drought. Over the past two decades, three quarters of New Mexico counties have experienced moderate to exceptional drought, leading to water emergencies, widespread crop and pasture losses and a devastating wildfire season that burned nearly 860 thousand acres across the state in 2022.
Photographs of areas impacted by the Hermit Peak / Calf Canyon, Cerro Pelado and Black fires depict a charred landscape where blackened trunks stand along barren hillsides. Holes are sunken into the earth where tree roots were incinerated and the bones of animals are found blackened and brittle. Photographs of smoke from the 2023 Pass fire reveal dark ominous skies while other images show flames climbing the trunk of trees.
Handprints painted on burnt tree trunks allude to the human influence on the increasingly destructive nature of these fires, while images of salvage logging portray the continued impact of human activity across the landscape. Together, these photographs express the devastating force of wildfires that have become more intense in part by human-caused global warming.
The connection between human behavior and increasing wildfire intensity is further expressed through the photographic print. Prints made for exhibition were produced using the intaglio [in-tahl-yoh] printmaking process. This process involves etching the image into a surface, applying ink into the recessed areas and transferring the ink onto paper under significant pressure. The ink used to print the exhibition photographs is made from a raw pigment refined from charcoal collected from the same fire-scarred landscapes depicted in the images.
By incorporating this carbon-based ink into the printed artwork, a physical connection is formed between the photograph and the subject. This serves as an element of continuity between the fires, photos and the warming climate, accentuating the relationship between our collective actions and the well-being of our environment.
60 pages
36 beautifully printed duotone images, five graphs & maps
8.75 x 12 inches, perfect bound
Signed with artist-made wildfire charcoal pigment ink
Zine
Included with every book purchase
Text and captions describing the photography, ink making and printing process
8 pages, 38 halftone images
-
4.25 x 5.5 inches, hand folded
Special Edition
Book, Zine & Limted Edition Print
3 x 4 inch print made with wildfire charcoal pigment ink
Linking Human-Caused Global Warming to Wildfire Intensity through Striking Photography and Site-specific Charcoal Pigment Intaglio Prints
Carbon, Element explores the connection between human-caused global warming and increased wildfire intensity. Beginning with the industrial revolution, fossil fuel emissions have increased the amount of carbon dioxide in the Earth's atmosphere by over fifty percent, reaching a new annual high every year since 1995. This increase in carbon dioxide has warmed the planet by creating a greenhouse effect that traps heat within the atmosphere.
One of the key indicators of a warming planet is drought. Over the past two decades, three quarters of New Mexico counties have experienced moderate to exceptional drought, leading to water emergencies, widespread crop and pasture losses and a devastating wildfire season that burned nearly 860 thousand acres across the state in 2022.
Photographs of areas impacted by the Hermit Peak / Calf Canyon, Cerro Pelado and Black fires depict a charred landscape where blackened trunks stand along barren hillsides. Holes are sunken into the earth where tree roots were incinerated and the bones of animals are found blackened and brittle. Photographs of smoke from the 2023 Pass fire reveal dark ominous skies while other images show flames climbing the trunk of trees.
Handprints painted on burnt tree trunks allude to the human influence on the increasingly destructive nature of these fires, while images of salvage logging portray the continued impact of human activity across the landscape. Together, these photographs express the devastating force of wildfires that have become more intense in part by human-caused global warming.
The connection between human behavior and increasing wildfire intensity is further expressed through the photographic print. Prints made for exhibition were produced using the intaglio [in-tahl-yoh] printmaking process. This process involves etching the image into a surface, applying ink into the recessed areas and transferring the ink onto paper under significant pressure. The ink used to print the exhibition photographs is made from a raw pigment refined from charcoal collected from the same fire-scarred landscapes depicted in the images.
By incorporating this carbon-based ink into the printed artwork, a physical connection is formed between the photograph and the subject. This serves as an element of continuity between the fires, photos and the warming climate, accentuating the relationship between our collective actions and the well-being of our environment.
60 pages
36 beautifully printed duotone images, five graphs & maps
8.75 x 12 inches, perfect bound
Signed with artist-made wildfire charcoal pigment ink
Zine
Included with every book purchase
Text and captions describing the photography, ink making and printing process
8 pages, 38 halftone images
-
4.25 x 5.5 inches, hand folded
Special Edition
Book, Zine & Limted Edition Print
3 x 4 inch print made with wildfire charcoal pigment ink
