TOURING EXHIBIT: The True Cost of Oil: MacKay River, Boreal Forest, and Tar Mine.

MacKay River, Boreal Forest, and Tar Mine Northern Alberta. Canada. 2010. The boreal forests and wetlands that surround the Tar Sands are the most carbon rich terrestrial ecosystem on the planet, holding almost twice as much carbon as tropical rainforests. Referred to by the tar sands industry as {quote}overburden,{quote} these forests are scraped off and the wetlands dredged, to be replaced by tar mines like this. Exhibition print: 30{quote}x45{quote} archival pigment print on Hahnemuhle bamboo, bonded to aluminum.
MacKay River, Boreal Forest, and Tar Mine.

MacKay River, Boreal Forest, and Tar Mine Northern Alberta. Canada. 2010.  

The boreal forests and wetlands that surround the Tar Sands are the most carbon rich terrestrial ecosystem on the planet, holding almost twice as much carbon as tropical rainforests. Referred to by the tar sands industry as "overburden," these forests are scraped off and the wetlands dredged, to be replaced by tar mines like this.  

Exhibition print: 30"x45" archival pigment print on Hahnemuhle bamboo, bonded to aluminum.