DIANA CHEREN NYGREN, photography & digital media
I am a fine art photographer. I was trained as an art historian. My photographic work explores the visual character of place defined through physical environment and weather. Place has implications for our experience of the world, and reveals hints about the culture around it.
This series, entitled "When the Trees are Gone", imagines city dwellers searching for moments of relief in a world shaped by climate change, and the struggle to find a balance between an environment in crisis and man-made structures. In these images, relaxed beach-goers find themselves amidst carefully composed urban settings in front of dramatic skies. They are searching without seeming to find what they are looking for. The resulting images lay bare challenges to city planners, and the problematic nature of the future that lies ahead for humanity and the planet. My hope is that they also provide inspiration for viewers to think about how we might reshape this future. Confronting the possibilities in front of us, in itself, should give us hope that we can change the direction in which we are headed.
