Alex MacLean

Exhibitions: The Domaine de Chaumont-sur-Loire

The Domaine de Chaumont-sur-Loire

September 12, 2008 - January 2009

In October 2008 Alex MacLean was invited to exhibit a selection of work from his book OVER: The American Landscape at the Tipping Point at the Domaine de Chaumont-sur-Loire, a beautiful castle just outside Paris, France.

The exhibition is currently on display through January 2009.

Please visit the Chaumont website for more information.

  
Florence, AZFarms use 68 percent of the 2.4 trillion gallons of water that Arizona uses every year. Agriculture is a $9.4 billion industry in the state. Ref #: 041216-0122
   
Congress, AZA quarter-square-mile mixed mobile home and permanent housing development sits in the middle of the desert. This development consolidates all necessary public services into its small community. The nearest commercial settlement is five miles away. The nearest city, Phoenix is 60 miles away.Ref #: 050213-0011
     
  
Needles, CAA dried-out was flows to the Colorade River. Hydrologists predict that in the coming decades the Colorado's flow will sink considerably, and reservoirs could dry up as soon as 2021. Ref #: 050214-0091
   
Lake Havasu City, AZRecreational trailers appear to spill out of the hills near Lake Havasu. Ref #: 050214-0104
   
Boulder City, NVGolf courses in the Las Vegas metropolitan area account for 5 percent of the region's water usage. Pictured is a section of the 71-hole Cascata Golf Course, which has managed to conserve 60 million gallons of water per year by increasing the aeration of the turf areas and replacing rye with Bermuda grass (which requires less water) in some turf areas.Ref #: 050309-0288
     
  
Santa Rosa Island, FLParking lots and roads are tempoarily abandoned on this barrier island as a result of succession of tropical storms and hurricanes in 2004 and 2005. Ref #: 070318-0149
   
Plaquemine County, LAThe Mississippi Delta has over 10,000 miles of canals dug to tap oil and natural gas. The canals and drilling are blamed in part for the loss of more than 1,000 square miles of wetlands through the interuption of tidal flows, salt water infiltration, and subsidence. Ref #: 070629-0069
   
Signal, AZScattered clouds cast shadows over northwestern Arizona scrub desert. Moisture passes over the dry land below, leaving the area’s average rainfall at a meager 7.5 inches per year.Ref #: 050213_0048
     
  
Welsch, LABefore rice is planted, the earth is flooded with elevated groundwater. This process, known as wet seeding, is extremely water intensive, and pumping can be costly. The flooded land also serves as an ideal environment for methane production. Methane, a major greenhouse gas, is about 23 times more potent than carbon dioxide. Ref #: 070629-0242
   
Phoenix, AZSmog settles between hills north of downtown Phoenix. In the Phoenix metropolitan area, the natural inversion layer traps rising particulates and forms "brown cloud" as the ground heats up during the day. Smog impacts inhabitants of urban populations that already suffer from respiratory ailments, and continued suburban growth contributes to declining air quality. Ref #: 050216-0111