About

"My work is about the conflict between our dependence on nature and the damage we do to it through our materialism.

I take ironically beautiful photographs of complex environmental issues and then supplement them with extensive research that is gradually made accessible to the viewer. I want people to pause, think about the subject, be interested in the history behind it, and possibly question any conflicting beliefs they may have."

J Henry Fair, born in Charleston in 1959, is a US photographer and environmental activist. He lives and works in New York and Berlin.

Fair became known …