Double Exposure: Photographing Global Climate Change
Temporary Exhibit [Return to listing page]
Green Wing, Level 2
Friday, April 04, 2008 - Sunday, June 22, 2008
Leading the Museum of Science was one way founding director Bradford Washburn shared his love of learning; his photographs were another. Beginning in the 1930s, Washburn shot over 8,000 black-and-white photos of mountains and glaciers as he suspended his aerial camera from planes and shot rolls of eight-inch film.
In viewing Washburn's photographs, environmental photojournalist and former Boston Globe reporter David Arnold wondered how global warming may have altered these icy landscapes. In 2005, he began retracing Washburn's steps and re-shooting these photographs from the same angles and vantage points the pioneering mountaineer had used decades earlier. Although Arnold captured the same terrain, the recent images are vastly different and provide powerful evidence of how our planet is changing.
In this exhibit, Arnold pairs 14 of Washburn's "before" photos with his own "after" images. Pictured: the Matterhorn as seen by Bradford Washburn in 1960 (top) and by David Arnold in 2005 (at right).
This exhibit was made possible through the generous support of an anonymous donor.
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