It is in two parts, the first is based on my research on oil and natural gas extraction that is occurring in the northwest corner of New Mexico, where in 2014 NASA discovered the largest methane gas cloud in North America. On satellite images this cloud showed up as red, pink, yellow, and orange. I manipulated the sky in my photographs to represent the colors of the methane gas cloud. The shaped …
It is in two parts, the first is based on my research on oil and natural gas extraction that is occurring in the northwest corner of New Mexico, where in 2014 NASA discovered the largest methane gas cloud in North America. On satellite images this cloud showed up as red, pink, yellow, and orange. I manipulated the sky in my photographs to represent the colors of the methane gas cloud. The shaped aspect of my compositions creates a three-dimensional effect out of a two-dimensional object, removing photography from the confines of a rectangle or a square.
The second part of the series is based …
