Land as Home

An Ongoing Photographic Study of the Arctic

Photographer

Subhankar Banerjee

Concept

Subhankar Banerjee's current project began in 2000 as a study of the ecological and cultural diversity of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in all four seasons. His vision has since evolved into a visual exploration of the Arctic's connection to larger global issues such as resource wars (oil, coal and natural gas development), global warming, toxic migration and human rights struggles of the indigenous northern communities. Banerjee's ongoing collaboration with Gwich'in and Inupiat communities focuses on a tradition of sustainable land use practices that are disappearing rapidly from industrialized societies around the world. Banerjee's photographic documentation includes several regions of the American Arctic, including the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, the Teshekpuk Lake Wetlands, the Utukok River Uplands, the Kasegaluk Lagoon, and the Beaufort and Chukchi Seas. He hopes to expand his work to the Greenlandic and the high Canadian arctic in the coming years.

Biography

Indian born artist-educator-activist Subhankar Banerjee uses photography to raise awareness about issues that threaten the health and well-being of our planet. Since 2000 he has focused all his efforts on indigenous human rights and land conservation issues in the American Arctic. His Arctic photographs have been exhibited widely in museums in the United States and Europe and published in over one hundred magazines and newspapers internationally. He has received many awards for his Arctic work including the inaugural Cultural Freedom Fellowship from Lannan Foundation and the inaugural Greenleaf Artist Award from the United Nations Environment Programme.

www.subhankarbanerjee.org

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