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Barron Bixler

Barron Bixler is a social-environmental documentary photographer, writer, designer and creative director. He holds an appointment as Art and Media Specialist at Princeton University’s High Meadows Environmental Institute and is Principal & Creative Director at Bixler Creative, a social impact branding firm he founded in 2008.

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Turns out that wrapping up a grand day in Mexico C

From my show Watershed at @princetonspia's Bernste

So fun to give a private tour of my Watershed exhi

I was thrilled and honored to have California wate

My show about the ecological, and increasingly exi

Nothing satisfies like the sound of vinyl backing

Today I interfaced with an AI bot intentionally an

Fallen Bridge, San Joaquin River, California #eas

Replica Volcanic Island and Tropical Lagoon, Palm

Valley Pacific Fuel Depot, Lights from I-5, Califo

Demarcated Land, California #eastofeden #central

Trailer, Southeastern Idaho #americanwest #lostp

Mello Dee Club & Steakhouse, Arco, Idaho #america

Arco Motel Vacancy, Arco, Idaho #americanwest #lo

Middle of Nowhere, Nevada #middleofnowhere #ameri

Sinclair Gas, Hawthorne, Nevada #americanwest #lo

Lone White Steer, Outside Gabbs, Nevada #america

Premier Magnesia Mine, Gabbs, Nevada #americanwes

While House, Hawthorne, Nevada #americanwest #los

Sinclair Gas Station, Hawthorne, Nevada, White Pic

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Watershed

A Speculative Atlas of California

Unreal City

Views from the Los Angeles Aqueduct

A Pesca

Commercial Fishing in Northeastern Brazil

A New Pastoral

Views of the San Joaquin Valley

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Turns out that wrapping up a grand day in Mexico C

Turns out that wrapping up a grand day in Mexico City with a plate of 8 tacos isn't such a bad way to go.

#taqueriaelborregoviudo #tacoscdmx #bursting

From my show Watershed at @princetonspia's Bernste

From my show Watershed at @princetonspia's Bernstein Gallery, coming down next week, the images that make up the Source chapter:

The physical and political landscapes of California have been shaped by a fundamental problem of hydrology: most of the state’s water falls in the far north where most of its people and economic centers are not. The horn-rimmed prophet of the California Water Plan in the 1950s and 60s, Governor Pat Brown, called this inversion of water supply to water demand a mere “accident of people and geography”—as if no more troublesome than an engineer’s rounding error. He made correcting the aberration central to his legacy, which to this day defines modern California.

#watershed #watersource #californiawater #californiawatersystems #waterfall #mtshasta #reservoir #dam #drought #flooding #fire #climatechange #anthropocene #environment #environmentalart #environmentalphotography #environmentaljournalism #analogphotography #filmphotography #newtopographics #documentaryphotography #princetonart #princetonuniversity

So fun to give a private tour of my Watershed exhi

So fun to give a private tour of my Watershed exhibition to my friends at princetoncst!

The show is in the final week of its run at @princetonspia's Bernstein Gallery on the lower level of Robertson Hall. If you're in or near Princeton and haven't seen the show yet, check it out and let me know what you think!

Watershed is my photographic exploration of the ecological, and increasingly existential, problem of water in California. The project represents 7 years of field work and research and is condensed for this show into 27 images divided into 4 thematic groupings: source, control, damage and use.

Photo courtesy of princetoncst

#watershed #californiawater #californiawatersystems #drought #flooding #fire #climatechange #anthropocene #environment #environmentalart #environmentalphotography #environmentaljournalism #analogphotography #filmphotography #newtopographics #documentaryphotography #princetonart #princetonuniversity

I was thrilled and honored to have California wate

I was thrilled and honored to have California water legends and heroes of mine #markarax of #thedreamtland and #kathyjeffersonbancroft of the #lonepinepaiuteshoshonetribe join me and @msprotocol for a wide-ranging conversation about the existential problem of water in California. The event marked the opening of the first public exhibition of my long-term photo project Watershed: A Speculative Atlas of California, hosted by @princetonspia.

#californiawater #californiawatersystem #environmentart #environmentaljournalism #watercrisis #climatechange #indigenouswaterjustice #waterinfrastructure #anthropocene #analogphotography #filmphotography

My show about the ecological, and increasingly exi

My show about the ecological, and increasingly existential, problem of water in California opened this week at Princeton University's Bernstein Gallery. The project represents 7 years of field work and research and is condensed for this show into 27 images divided into 4 thematic groupings: source, control, damage and use. If you're local to NJ/NY/PA we'll have an opening reception and talk on 9/28 (more info on that soon) and the show will be up through 10/18. Thanks to @princetonspia for hosting the exhibition and @msprotocol for the superb curation and collaboration!

#watershed #californiawater #californiawatersystems #drought #flooding #fire #climatechange #anthropocene #environment #environmentalart #environmentalphotography #environmentaljournalism #analogphotography #filmphotography #newtopographics #documentaryphotography #princetonart #princetonuniversity

Nothing satisfies like the sound of vinyl backing

Nothing satisfies like the sound of vinyl backing being peeled off a gallery wall. Excited to share more about my show Watershed opening this week at Princeton University's Bernstein Gallery.

Today I interfaced with an AI bot intentionally an

Today I interfaced with an AI bot intentionally and directly for the first time, and together we made this arresting image. Using a simple text query, I described an environmental crisis that's been occupying my imagination (and dreams) for awhile and this is how the bot reflected it - and myself - back to me.

There's a righteous conversation to be had about the ethics of AI creations. Then again, painters said some of the same shit when photography was invented. Film photographers said some of the same shit when digital image making and Photoshop arrived and changed everything.

I'm a photographer who still shoots film for many of my projects. I still believe in The Analog. And I'm uneasy about the ease with which AIs can make things, and about how those things can be used by people to deceive.

But my experience today was a little like stepping out of the spaceship and setting foot on the moon for the first time. It was profound and I can't shake the feeling that this new tool will do astounding and important things.

What do you think?

#aiart #endoftheworld #apocalypse #dystopia #catastrophe #calamity #anthropocene #climatecrisis #environmentalart #oceansburning #abotmadethisforme

Fallen Bridge, San Joaquin River, California #eas

Fallen Bridge, San Joaquin River, California

#eastofeden #sanjoaquinriver #californiawater #centralvalley #river #londonbridgeisfallingdown #wreckage #californialandscape #newtopographics #landuse #americanwest #environmentalphotography #environmentalart #anthropocene #filmphotography #analogphotography

Replica Volcanic Island and Tropical Lagoon, Palm

Replica Volcanic Island and Tropical Lagoon, Palm Trees, Amusement Park, California

#eastofeden #volcanicisland #centralvalley #fauxlandscape #californialandscape #newtopographics #landuse #americanwest #environmentalphotography #environmentalart #anthropocene #filmphotography #analogphotography

Valley Pacific Fuel Depot, Lights from I-5, Califo

Valley Pacific Fuel Depot, Lights from I-5, California

#eastofeden #gasstation #requisitegasstationphoto #nightphotography #californialandscape #newtopographics #landuse #americanwest #environmentalphotography #environmentalart #anthropocene #filmphotography #analogphotography

Demarcated Land, California #eastofeden #central

Demarcated Land, California

#eastofeden #centralcoast #californialandscape #newtopographics #landuse #americanwest #bigsky #environmentalphotography #environmentalart #anthropocene #filmphotography #analogphotography

Trailer, Southeastern Idaho #americanwest #lostp

Trailer, Southeastern Idaho

#americanwest #lostplaces #roadtrip #covid19roadtrip #summer2020 #roadsideamerica #redbird #escapecampervans #highwaysandbyways #newtopographics

Mello Dee Club & Steakhouse, Arco, Idaho #america

Mello Dee Club & Steakhouse, Arco, Idaho

#americanwest #lostplaces #roadtrip #roadsideamerica #nuclearamerica #nuclearpower #covid19roadtrip #summer2020 #highdesert #escapecampervans #highwaysandbyways #newtopographics

Arco Motel Vacancy, Arco, Idaho #americanwest #lo

Arco Motel Vacancy, Arco, Idaho

#americanwest #lostplaces #roadtrip #roadsidemotel #batesmotel #atomiccity #nuclearamerica #nuclearpower #covid19roadtrip #summer2020 #highdesert #escapecampervans #highwaysandbyways #newtopographics

Middle of Nowhere, Nevada #middleofnowhere #ameri

Middle of Nowhere, Nevada

#middleofnowhere #americanwest #lostplaces #roadtrip #covid19roadtrip #summer2020 #highdesert #nevadadesert #desertmountains #powerlines #escapecampervans #highwaysandbyways #newtopographics

Sinclair Gas, Hawthorne, Nevada #americanwest #lo

Sinclair Gas, Hawthorne, Nevada

#americanwest #lostplaces #sinclairgas #dino #dinosaurs #roadtrip #covid19roadtrip #summer2020 #highdesert #nevadadesert #escapecampervans #highwaysandbyways #newtopographics

Lone White Steer, Outside Gabbs, Nevada #america

Lone White Steer, Outside Gabbs, Nevada

#americanwest #lostplaces #roadtrip #covid19roadtrip #cattleranching #steer #deset #nevada #summer2020 #highdesert #escapecampervans #highwaysandbyways

Premier Magnesia Mine, Gabbs, Nevada #americanwes

Premier Magnesia Mine, Gabbs, Nevada

#americanwest #lostplaces #mining #magnesiamines #nevada #nevadadesert #bigclouds #bluesky #roadtrip #covid19roadtrip #summer2020 #highdesert #escapecampervans #highwaysandbyways

While House, Hawthorne, Nevada #americanwest #los

While House, Hawthorne, Nevada

#americanwest #lostplaces #roadtrip #covid19roadtrip #summer2020 #highdesert #nevadadesert #nevada #whitehouse #bigclouds #bluesky #escapecampervans #highwaysandbyways

Sinclair Gas Station, Hawthorne, Nevada, White Pic

Sinclair Gas Station, Hawthorne, Nevada, White Pickup Truck Crossing Intersection

#americanwest #lostplaces #roadtrip #covid19roadtrip #summer2020 #nevadadesert #highdesert #sinclairgas #nevada #area51 #ammunitiondepot #escapecampervans #highwaysandbyways

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