[Kry] [PDF] Natural Visions: The Power of Images in
American Environmental Reform
By Finis Dunaway
Walden Pond. The Grand Canyon.Yosemite National Park. Throughout the
twentieth century, photographers and filmmakers created unforgettable
images of these and other American natural treasures. Many of these
images, including the work of Ansel Adams, continue to occupy a prominent
place in the American imagination. Making these representations, though,
was more than a purely aesthetic project. In fact, portraying majestic
scenes and threatened places galvanized concern for the environment and
its protection. Natural Visions documents through images the history of
environmental reform from the Progressive era to the first Earth Day
celebration in 1970, showing the crucial role the camera played in the
development of the conservation movement. In Natural Visions, Finis
Dunaway tells the story of how visual imagery?such as wilderness
photographs, New Deal documentary films, and Sierra Club coffee-table
books?shaped modern perceptions of the natural world. By examining the
relationship
