I am honored to highlight some of the amazing work being done across the country and world by a collective of activists, practitioners, journalists, scientists, and artists working to make this a more sustainable, just, and equitable world for all. In a recent story for the American Scholar, I feature 10 of these individuals, portraits that we created together using localized climate change data, and some audio from their interviews.
We Are Still Here is a remote portrait project that highlights dozens of these visionaries, many of whom lost their funding or their jobs, dealt with work stoppages, lost family members to the virus, and became ill themselves, all the while finding innovative ways to fight for a better world. This project, by necessity, reflected the shift that so many of these individuals have made to working online: I interviewed and created remote portraits with each person by video. By projecting their live video onto a canvas backdrop, I created a composite portrait using a second projector to overlay visual climate change data particular to each participant’s location. This project was challenging, inspiring, and provided the opportunity to meet and stay connected with this incredible collective. I can’t wait to share it with you!