Colorado In A Changing Climate
This series of photos were taken over the course of the COVID-19 Pandemic and the years that followed (2020-2024) on my Canon T6. All are unedited.
As a way to channel rage, grief, joy, and existential crisis I documented places I traveled to throughout Colorado’s Front Range. I aim to display the beauty of the species and land that is left for us to steward, the fires that increasingly creep into our cities, and conflicts over oil and water.
This piece is also in response to the idea that Colorado “has always been this way”. Having lived in Colorado for as long as I can remember, Octobers aren’t wet and bitter cold anymore, the summers are starting to burn, and the frequency of drought and fires is alarming. I hope this inspires people to heal and regenerate the bounty we have in our state and realize the preciousness of Earth’s gifts.
“Plants are thought to be alive, the juice
is their blood and they grow.
The same is true of trees. All things
die, therefore all things have life.
Because all things have life, gifts
have to be given to all things”
– William Ralganal Benson, Pomo, in E.M. Loeb, Pomo Folkways
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