Petrochemical America, co-published in 2012 by photographer Richard Misrach and landscape architect Kate Orff, focuses on the environmental impacts of petrochemical plants in Louisiana: Ultimately, this joint enterprise brought forth an exploration and expansion of both disciplines: how can photography and landscape … Continue reading…
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Richard Misrach in the Financial Times
Francis Hodgson reviewed Submerged Trailer, Salton Sea, California by Richard Misrach as part of an ongoing series on photography appearing in the Financial Times and Financial Times Weekend: I know that Richard Misrach takes his place in a long line of … Continue reading…
Kate Orff receives USA Artists Grant
Richard Misrach’s collaborator and coauthor on Petrochemical America, Kate Orff, received the prestigious USA Artist Grant. She is one of only six architects/designers to do so. I think a major challenge of making change is being able to visualize issues … Continue reading…
Richard Misrach’s “Petrochemical America” on Photo-Eye Blog
Melanie McWhorter of Photo-Eye takes a closer look at the collaborative publication by Richard Misrach and Katie Orff, Petrochemical America, and examines the book’s implications both as an artist book as well as an environmental study: Will such a book have … Continue reading…
2008 Lucie Awards Honoree, Richard Misrach
This tribute video was produced for 2008 Lucie Awards Honoree Richard Misrach, for Outstanding Achievement in Fine Art Photography. He reasons that his attention to beauty compels him to methodically photograph a single subject hundreds of times, only to publish … Continue reading…
Oil and Nature: A Landscape Reconfigured
Richard Misrach and Kate Orff’s collaboration “Petrochemical America” showcases the environmental impacts of industry along the Mississippi River Corridor in Louisiana. The New York Times’s Green Blog reviews the show from a more environmental perspective, highlighting the work of Misrach’s … Continue reading…
Chronologies: An Interview with Richard Misrach, 2006
Aaron Schuman of SeeSaw Magazine interviewed Richard Misrach in 2006 about his publication Chronologies. In spite of the fact that Chronologies can serve as a retrospective of sorts, I really consider it an “artist book”—a concept book rather than a definitive overview. I realized … Continue reading…
Richard Misrach’s Cancer Alley
Creative Loafing reviewed the recent Richard Misrach exhibition, Revisiting the South: Richard Misrach’s Cancer Alley at The High Museum of Art in Atalanta, Georgia. Misrach’s newest work and the accompanying publication, Petrochemical America were also recently shown in the project room at Aperture’s … Continue reading…
Richard Misrach “Destroy This Memory”
In this video, produced by the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, photographer Richard Misrach describes photographing the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina and the book it produced, Destroy This Memory. He describes the area as a “post-apocalyptic movie,” completely devoid … Continue reading…
The Modern Art Notes Podcast: Richard Misrach
A Modern Art Notes podcast has just been released. It highlights Petrochemical America (Aperture, 2012), the new book born from a collaboration between Richard Misrach and landscape architect Kate Orff. The podcast discusses Misrach’s years-long project: The book examines the … Continue reading…