Stillings, Jamey, photographer.

Atacama : renewable energy and mining in the high desert of Chile / Jamey Stillings ; foreword by Paul Hawken ; introduction by Mark Sloan ; essay by Sergio Missana.

First edition.

Gottingen, Germany : Steidl, 2023.

175 pages : color illustrations, map ; 38 x 26 cm

With ATACAMA, Jamey Stillings again shares his distinctive aerial perspective to examine dramatic large-scale renewable energy projects, the visual dynamic of enormous mining operations and the stark beauty of the Atacama Desert, so often scarred by human activity. Chile produces a third of the world's copper and has the largest known lithium reserves, and we utilize these resources daily in our cars, computers and smartphones. The country's mining industry has traditionally been dependent on imported coal, diesel and natural gas for its energy. Yet the Atacama Desert has excellent solar and wind potential: new renewable energy projects there now supply significant electricity to the northern grid, transmit power to population centers in the south, and are reducing mining's dependence on fossil fuel. Stillings' aesthetic interest in the human-altered landscape and concerns for environmental sustainability are principal pillars of his work. His photography elicits a critical dialogue about meeting our needs and desires while seeking equilibrium between nature and human activity. ATACAMA, the latest chapter in his ongoing project Changing Perspectives, shows how photography can concurrently be a source of inspiration, motivation and information, and reminds us that a carbon-constrained future is crucial to a responsible approach to life on earth.

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Stillings, Jamey
Aerial photography Chile Atacama Desert.
Renewable energy sources Chile Atacama Desert Pictorial works.
Mines and mineral resources Chile Atacama Desert Pictorial works.
Photographie aérienne Chili Atacama, Désert d'.
Énergies renouvelables Chili Atacama, Désert d' Ouvrages illustrés.
Aerial photography
Mines and mineral resources
Renewable energy sources
Atacama Desert (Chile) Pictorial works.
Atacama, Désert d' (Chili) Ouvrages illustrés.
Chile Atacama Desert

photobooks.
Pictorial works
Photobooks.
Livres de photographies.

Stillings, Jamey. Works. Selections.
Sloan, Mark, 1957- writer of introduction.
Hawken, Paul, writer of foreword.
Missana, Sergio, 1966- writer of supplementary textual content.

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