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 © David Zimmerman, untitled (trailer), Salton Sea series. Archival pigment print, 37 x 50"  © David Zimmerman,untitled (chair), 2008 Salton Sea series. Archival pigment print, 37 x 50"  © David Zimmerman, untitled (rock), 2008 Salton Sea series. Archival pigment print, 37 x 50" |
David Zimmerman Born: 1955, Milwaukee, WI Resides: Tres Piedras, NM Selected Exhibitions: Center for Fine Art Photography, Ft Collins, CO 2009 Frazer Gallery, Bethesda, MD 2009 Hearst Gallery, New York, NY 2009 Education: BFA, Brooks Institute in Santa Barbara, CA 1981 Awards: People/Places/Things: an International Photo Competition Celebrating En Foco's 35th Anniversary, 2009 (Honorable Mention) World Photography Awards, L'Iris D'or Grand Prize, Cannes France, 2009 Hearst 8x10 Photography Biennial 2009 PDN PIX 2008 Artist Statement: "I began photographing California's Salton Sea in 2006. An eerily beautiful place. A place of epic incongruities. A bird sanctuary where birds die by the thousands. A teeming fishery stinking of dead fish. A recreational mecca abandoned. Paradise and toxic dump. Lovely ugliness - this is the Salton Sea. 150 miles east of San Diego and 80 miles southeast of Palm Springs lies California's largest inland body of fresh water.The Salton Sea's demise began as its supplies of fresh water from the Colorado River were diverted to the booming & thirsty cities of southern California. Due primarily to agricultural runoff; now its primary source of water, the sea and the land for miles around is laden with salts and disease creating an environment from which humans flee and in which wildlife dies. Through my continuing work at the Sea, I hope to keep the human & environmental issues of the Sea in public view through articles and exhibitions. I believe public opinion can alter the spiraling fate of the Salton Sea." Website: |
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