Author Description

Michael Berman's current series of photographs, titled "Grasslands", is about the endangered Chihuahuan Desert grasslands in New Mexico, Texas, and the northern border of Mexico, where he has wandered into the desert without a compass to, in his words, "live deliberately." He believes that how you see the land comes down to what you value. Inspired by his Grasslands series, guest curator Mary Anne Redding has assembled a concurrent exhibition, Separating Species, that includes a remarkable group of artists. Krista Elrick examines North American birds; Dana Fritz looks at plants and animals in engineered indoor landscape environments; Jo Whaley creates theatrical still life images of insects and humans; and David Taylor's images of border monuments along the US/Mexico border explore the effect of border control on both humans and animals. --Publisher's website