Landscape photographer Lee Goodwin’s solo photography exhibition, Chesapeake Bay – Endangered Landscapes, will be on view at Quiet Waters Park (in the Visitors Center’s Garden Gallery) in Annapolis, Maryland from April 5 through May 21, 2017.
The exhibition focuses on the places where land and water meet along the shores of the Chesapeake Bay, the largest estuary in the United States. Home to more than 17 million people and 3,600 species of plants and animals, the Chesapeake stretches across 6 states (Virginia, Maryland, Delaware, West Virginia, Pennsylvania, New York) and Washington, DC.
Low-lying land and proximity to water make the Chesapeake region attractive – and vulnerable. Goodwin warns: “The Chesapeake Bay is on the front line of climate change. The combination of rising sea levels and subsiding land means that the landscape we see today may not be there for our children, or even for ourselves in the coming decades.”
Goodwin explains: “Scientists predict that sea levels will rise one to three feet by 2060, and flooding will worsen in the interim. At the same time, many national leaders deny the existence of the problem, and refuse to take the difficult steps to mitigate its effects. This exhibition is an effort to show what we have to lose if we do not work harder to address climate change.”
An earlier photograph from this series appeared in Honoring the Future’s Climate Art & Action exhibition at George Mason University, Manassas, Virginia; other photographs from the exhibition are on permanent display in the Maryland House of Delegates Environment and Transportation Committee Hearing Room in Annapolis.
Gallery hours at Quite Waters Park are: Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday from 9:00 am to 4:00 pm and Saturday and Sunday from 10:00 am to 3:00 pm. There will be an opening reception on Sunday, April 9, 2017 from 1:30 to 3:30 pm. (The usual fee to enter Quiet Waters Park is waived during the opening).
