Our Warming World

Rather than merely recording the changes in the environment, this body of work seeks to enhance our awareness of the intersection of Nature’s power and fragility, asking us to reconsider our view of the planet and how we inhabit it.

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Trees inundated by a lake created from the daming of the Curu· Una River in Para state, Brazil, February 11, 2012. Photo © Daniel Beltra
Cattle ranch on former Amazon rainforest land in Agua Boa, Mato Grosso, Brazil, August 8, 2008. Photo © Daniel Beltra
Man made forest fires near the BR 163 road and the Flona do Trairao (Trairao National Forest). West of Itaituba National Forest, Para, Brazil, August 10, 2008. Photo © Daniel Beltra
Toxic waste runoff from the Indomoro mine in Palangkaraya, Kalimantan, Indonesia, July 23, 2009. Photo © Daniel Beltra
Aerial view of a development of town homes carved from rainforest in the Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico, Nov. 11, 2009. Photo © Daniel Beltra
Aerial view of sea ice in the Arctic Ocean from a helicopter launched off the Greenpeace MY Arctic Sunrise, September 12, 2012. According to the National Snow and Ice Data Center, on September 16th, the sea ice covered only 1.32 million square miles, or 24 percent, of the Arctic Ocean, the lowest amount ever recorded. Photo © Daniel Beltra
A boulder rests atop a heavily crevassed glacier above the Great Bear rainforest in British Columbia, Canada. September 7, 2010. Photo © Daniel Beltra
Placid waters in the Ross Sea reveals the size of an iceberg beneath the surface of the water of the Southern Ocean, February 22, 2007. Photo © Daniel Beltra
Paths of oil-free water remain in the calm waters of the Gulf of Mexico from boats attempting to clean up the crude spill off the coast of Louisiana, June 24, 2010. Photo © Daniel Beltra
Oil released from the failed Deepwater Horizon wellhead rises up to the surface of the Gulf of Mexico amidst an offshore platform drilling a relief well, May 18, 2010. Photo © Daniel Beltra

Daniel Beltrá 

Daniel Beltrá is a fine art photographer based in Seattle. His passion for conservation is evident in his evocatively poignant image…

Topics
Environment
Sub Topics
Energy Development Global Warming Oil and Gas
Regions
Worldwide
Global Warming

About Our Warming World

My project asks us to consider the landscape as a place we have altered, all while striving to coexist within the natural world. Rather than merely recording the changes in the environment, this body of work seeks to enhance our awareness of the intersection of Nature’s power and fragility, asking us to reconsider our view of the planet and how we inhabit it.

In pursuing this project, I will use my personal aesthetic to craft a visual narrative that speaks to the core values in each of us. The photographic methods I employ, along with my personal history in conservation, will help stimulate dialogue around the environment and contribute to social awareness.