Marion Belanger teaches at Wesleyan University. Her photographs are in numerous collections, including the Corcoran Museum of Art, International Center of Photography, and library of Congress. In addition to a Guggenheim Fellowship, she was an artist-in-residence at Everglades National Park.
An exquisitely tragic portrait of one of the United States' most
unique living systems. Belanger has captured both the unique beauty
of the Everglades and the damage that has been visited upon those
grassy waters. Her focus on the boundary between that which is
outside and within the lands designated as a national park is
poignantly imaged in a direct and perceptive vision.--Martha A.
Strawn "author of Alligators, Prehistoric Presence in the American
Landscape"
Belanger's is the first study which looks at the Everglades as a
whole, not just the national park, but an expansive landscape, from
Lake Okeechobee down to Florida Bay, and including the Nike Missile
Site, water control management systems, and voracious land
development. The entire region is now a 'built' environment of
highly managed parks, canals, and sugar cane and citrus
agriculture. Informed by her intuition and mindful of the delicacy
of atmosphere in the low, flat plain of the Everglades, Belanger's
photographs deftly capture this unique and challenging
environment.--Verna Posever Curtis "Curator of Photography, Library
of Congress"
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