Lindsay Godin teaches photography and design.
lgodin@valdosta.edu
www.lindsaygodin.com
Instagram: lindzgodin
lgodin@valdosta.edu
www.lindsaygodin.com
Instagram: lindzgodin
Walker Fire Aftermath - 20" x 16", Archival Pigment Print, 2019
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Print Sale Prices: (1) 16x20 inch print: $300.00, (2) 16x20 inch prints: $550.00, (3) 16x20 inch prints: $725.00
Artist Statement
The occurrence of wildfires in the western region of the United States has been on the rise due to a combination of regional climate change, increased frequency of drought, human activity and negligence (i.e., electrical wire arcing, unattended camp fires, discarded cigarettes, and sparks from recreational vehicles and firearms). Each year, billions of US federal dollars are spent to combat these fires and remediate environmental damage. Additional costs to the regional and local economy range from lost tourism revenue as well as nearly statewide shut down of the electrical grid. These economic costs are staggering. As these environmental conditions worsen, scientists project future wildfire regions to become progressively more widespread. The collective impact of lost private property, human life, environmental damage including air pollution elicits overwhelming psychological trauma within residents living in these areas.
In my ongoing series, I have been capturing images of human-caused wildfires and its resulting physical destruction upon the western landscape. I photograph sites that deliberately portray tight vantage points and unrevealing horizons to symbolize a pessimistic and unforeseeable future pertaining to climate change. My images attempt to capture physical destruction through a heavy dose of black and color demonstrating a metaphorical parallel of the environmental destruction to the collective psychological trauma humans endure, along with a fatalistic inescapability from the future that lies ahead.
Bio
Lindsay Godin was born and raised in central New Jersey and is a recent 2018 MFA graduate of Studio Arts in Photography and Graphic Design from the University of Iowa. Following graduate school, Lindsay taught photography at the University of Nevada Reno for two years. She is currently an Assistant Professor of Photography and Design at Valdosta State University.
Lindsay Godin is a fine art documentary photographer whose work sheds awareness on contemporary American cultural norms and political values and how they affect American society on the macro scale. In more recent months, Lindsay has taken interest on how climate change negatively affects large populations in the mountain west and high sierras. Lindsay was the recipient of PDN’s 2017 Photo Annual Award for student work. Her work is also on permanent collection at the Albright-Knox Gallery in New York and has been exhibited in 30+ shows since 2014.
The occurrence of wildfires in the western region of the United States has been on the rise due to a combination of regional climate change, increased frequency of drought, human activity and negligence (i.e., electrical wire arcing, unattended camp fires, discarded cigarettes, and sparks from recreational vehicles and firearms). Each year, billions of US federal dollars are spent to combat these fires and remediate environmental damage. Additional costs to the regional and local economy range from lost tourism revenue as well as nearly statewide shut down of the electrical grid. These economic costs are staggering. As these environmental conditions worsen, scientists project future wildfire regions to become progressively more widespread. The collective impact of lost private property, human life, environmental damage including air pollution elicits overwhelming psychological trauma within residents living in these areas.
In my ongoing series, I have been capturing images of human-caused wildfires and its resulting physical destruction upon the western landscape. I photograph sites that deliberately portray tight vantage points and unrevealing horizons to symbolize a pessimistic and unforeseeable future pertaining to climate change. My images attempt to capture physical destruction through a heavy dose of black and color demonstrating a metaphorical parallel of the environmental destruction to the collective psychological trauma humans endure, along with a fatalistic inescapability from the future that lies ahead.
Bio
Lindsay Godin was born and raised in central New Jersey and is a recent 2018 MFA graduate of Studio Arts in Photography and Graphic Design from the University of Iowa. Following graduate school, Lindsay taught photography at the University of Nevada Reno for two years. She is currently an Assistant Professor of Photography and Design at Valdosta State University.
Lindsay Godin is a fine art documentary photographer whose work sheds awareness on contemporary American cultural norms and political values and how they affect American society on the macro scale. In more recent months, Lindsay has taken interest on how climate change negatively affects large populations in the mountain west and high sierras. Lindsay was the recipient of PDN’s 2017 Photo Annual Award for student work. Her work is also on permanent collection at the Albright-Knox Gallery in New York and has been exhibited in 30+ shows since 2014.