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Dornith Doherty
Seed Vault Kuban Experimental Station of the VIR Krasnodar Territory Russia archival pigment print 2012 © Dornith Doherty
tographs tographs of of of the the American West with their matter of of of fact documentation of of of a a a a a a a a a a new terrain for scientific inquiry Doherty
cites such photographs as influential to to to her her her practice which is rooted in in in in the the the landscape landscape tradition Rather than focus on on on on the the the concept of of untouched landscapes of of unlimited resources she exam- ines how environments have been manipulated by human events extended to to to even even the the the the tiniest seed [6] Her photographs imagine a a a a a a a a a a a a a terrain of of of possibility while questioning the the the the limitations of of of natural resources and and the the the the role of of of humans in in in in in their depletion and preservation 17
