Publisher's Synopsis
"Arid Waters" is a photographic response to the growing crisis of water scarcity which exists because many Americans think of water as a commodity, or an abstract legal right rather than the most basic physical source of life.;The Water in the West Project began as a collaborative effort to present an artistic response to water as a social issue. Photography historian Ellen Manchester and the photographers - Mark Klett, Terry Evans, Laurie Brown, Peter Goin, Robert Dawson, Martin Stupich, Gregory Conniff, and Wanda Hammerbeck - address the question: How can photography contribute to the urgent public debate over water use and allocation? In conjunction, the Nevada Humanities Committee sponsored a conference entitled "Water in the Arid West". Participants included historians, writers, ranchers, politicians, lawyers, students and community members. "Arid Waters" documents the evolution of the Water in the West Project from its inception as a group collaboration to the foundation of an archive.;Peter Goin is Associate Professor of Art at the University of Nevada, Reno. His other books include "Stopping Time: A Re-photographic Survey of Lake Tahoe", "Nuclear Landscapes", and "A River Too Far". Goin's photographs have been displayed in many solo and group exhibits including the Baltimore Museum of Art, the University Art Museum at California State University, the University of Nevada, Reno, and the Cheney-Cowles Museum of Art in Spokane, Washington. Ellen Manchester is the founder and co-director of The Water in the West Project.
