Water
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Water Photographs present water in a range of geographies and states.
32Water Scores
Photographic works and allegorical myth explore the dynamic nature of water and its relation to discovery, consciousness, and renewal.
Photographic works and allegorical myth explore the dynamic nature of water and its relation to discovery, consciousness, and renewal.
40Watching Water: Views of Niagara Falls
In an homage to 19th-century artist Godfrey Frankenstein’s epic Niagara Falls panorama, digital images of the falls are collaged from online photo-sharing sites.
In an homage to 19th-century artist Godfrey Frankenstein’s epic Niagara Falls panorama, digital images of the falls are collaged from online photo-sharing sites.
52Women, Water
A memoir portrays women in their baths and the traumas that follow them there.
A memoir portrays women in their baths and the traumas that follow them there.
72Fossils
Photographs of footprints in the snow prompt us to consider the impact of our actions on the natural world.
Photographs of footprints in the snow prompt us to consider the impact of our actions on the natural world.
82Bodies of Water
As human bodies, we are essentially bodies of water. What relations and responsibilities to other watery bodies flow from this liquid life?
As human bodies, we are essentially bodies of water. What relations and responsibilities to other watery bodies flow from this liquid life?
92Ravine City
An ecosystem of collective housing would unbury Toronto’s streams, restore its rivers, and harness the natural water cycle of the city’s ravines.
An ecosystem of collective housing would unbury Toronto’s streams, restore its rivers, and harness the natural water cycle of the city’s ravines.
102In the tunnels of the Ontario Power Company
Exploring the hydroelectric architecture beneath Niagara Falls.
Exploring the hydroelectric architecture beneath Niagara Falls.
114On Water and Development
A cautionary, microcosmic tale for a watershed near you.
A cautionary, microcosmic tale for a watershed near you.
124Washed Water
Water has become an elaborate commodity propped up by intricate bottle designs and absurd sales strategies.
Water has become an elaborate commodity propped up by intricate bottle designs and absurd sales strategies.
148Manitoba’s “Flood of the Century”, During and After
Diptychs show sites on the Red River both during and 1997 flood and after, when the waters retreated to reveal the land beneath.
Diptychs show sites on the Red River both during and 1997 flood and after, when the waters retreated to reveal the land beneath.
188Water/Front: Creative Tension at the Water’s Edge
Emerging approaches to the redesign of Urban waterfronts in Stockholm, Hamburg, melbourne, Mumbai, New York, and Toronto.
Emerging approaches to the redesign of Urban waterfronts in Stockholm, Hamburg, melbourne, Mumbai, New York, and Toronto.
206Waste Water
Stagnant pools and dustings of snow occupy derelict buildings.
Stagnant pools and dustings of snow occupy derelict buildings.
220Acque Alte: Transforming the Venetian Lagoon
This visionary proposal designs a thriving future for the Venice lagoon even as rising sea levels threaten.
This visionary proposal designs a thriving future for the Venice lagoon even as rising sea levels threaten.
240Contamination
Mold formations stain the pages of a water-damaged ledger from the 1905 Yukon Gold Rush.
Mold formations stain the pages of a water-damaged ledger from the 1905 Yukon Gold Rush.
274Water, Inc.
“We at Water Inc. believe that literature could have been a better place if its characters had eschewed their usual beverages (mead, tea, absinthe) for WATER.”
“We at Water Inc. believe that literature could have been a better place if its characters had eschewed their usual beverages (mead, tea, absinthe) for WATER.”
280Water Farming in the American Southwest
Increasingly elaborate infrastructures are transporting water from water-rich regions to water-poor ones, blending natural and artificial landscapes.
Increasingly elaborate infrastructures are transporting water from water-rich regions to water-poor ones, blending natural and artificial landscapes.
302The True Price of Water
A scientific analysis of what it takes to deliver drinking water from source to tap reveals the challenges resulting from easy, cheap access to clean water.
A scientific analysis of what it takes to deliver drinking water from source to tap reveals the challenges resulting from easy, cheap access to clean water.