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The Day After Tomorrow- Images of our Earth in Crisis takes readers on a journey to bear witness to the environmental destruction that is currently plaguing our planet- From a forest in West Virginia devastated by mountaintop removal mining, to a region in Florida left in ruins by the phosphate mining industry, J Henry Fair presents hard evidence that our unchecked consumerism is leading the way in the destruction of our planet, one natural resource at a time. Primarily through the use of aerial photography, Fair captures spellbinding vistas of pools of toxic hog waste, streams of paper mill runoff, and the remains of hollowed-out mountains. These environmental abstractions lure the viewer in with unique asymmetrical shapes and striking colors; however, fascination quickly turns to horror, as the viewer realizes what lurks beneath the surface of the image. Fair is a consummate environmentalist, and after years as a corporate and portrait photographer he turned his lens on the industries that sustain us oil, fertilizer, coal, and factory farming, to name a few eager to uncover the dirty little secrets that he knew were well hidden there. It turns out the secrets, and the dirt

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That they look oddly ravishing does not obscure the ravaging they depict. New York Times These aren't just pretty pictures of horrible things. The images-usually aerial shots-are an education in environmental impacts, the otherwise unseen costs of modern living. Bloomberg

""That they look oddly ravishing does not obscure the ravaging they depict."" New York Times ""These aren't just pretty pictures of horrible things. The images-usually aerial shots-are an education in environmental impacts, the otherwise unseen costs of modern living."" Bloomberg

That they look oddly ravishing does not obscure the ravaging they depict. <br>New York Times <br><br> These aren't just pretty pictures of horrible things. The images-usually aerial shots-are an education in environmental impacts, the otherwise unseen costs of modern living. <br>Bloomberg

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J Henry Fair, artist and environmentalist, documents the industrial detritus that society so willingly overlooks. His work has been showcased in international art exhibits and galleries, including Mass MoCA, Jerusalem's Museum on the Seam, and NYC's GrayKrauss. His environmental work has received impressive press coverage, including features in New York magazine, National Geographic, The Boston Globe, as well as a segment on NBC's Today Show. Roger D. Hodge was the editor-in-chief of Harper's Magazine from 2006 to 2010. Hodge began his journalism career as a freelance writer in 1989 and joined the staff of Harper's Magazine in 1996. He has worked as a ranch hand, an insurance adjuster, and for several years taught philosophy at Eugene Lang College. His essay Blood and Time- Cormac McCarthy and the Decline of the West, was a 2006 National Magazine Award finalist. Hodge was born in 1967 and raised in Del Rio, Texas. He lives in Brooklyn, New York, with his wife and their two sons.

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