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David Maisel
The Lake Project 3
2001
Photographer David Maisel's early work focuses primarily on environmentally impacted sites. His images show the physical impact on the land from industrial efforts such as mining, logging, water reclamation, and military testing. Because these sites after often remote and inaccessible, Maisel frequently works from an aerial perspective which enables him to capture photographic evidence that would be otherwise unattainable. The absence of easily recognizable points of reference within the image eliminates any sense of scale, causing the viewer's mind to oscillate between the damaged landscape and the beautiful abstract composition. |