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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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Kirkjufell Mountain, from my 2022 #iceland sketchb

Backroad landscape, from my 2022 #iceland sketchbo

Allison watching the river, some time around midni

An American in Iceland, from my 2022 #iceland sket

Houses in Stykkishólmur, from my 2022 #iceland sk

Laundry drying in the wind, Grundarfjörður, from

Icelandic horse near Reykholt, from my 2022 #icela

In Brooklyn today scanning a batch of new work fro

Research station southwest of Langjökull, from my

Julian tinkering in the sauna, from my 2022 #icela

The retreat of Langjökull, from my 2022 #iceland

I tend to be so project-focused that I often overl

I had a beautiful time on Friday presenting my pro

Very excited to be visiting UT Arlington next week

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

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Industrial Materials: Mining California

Photo Essay, BOOM: A Journal of California, 5.2 (Summer 2015)

John Muir: A Century On

Essay by Glen M. MacDonald, photographs by Barron Bixler, BOOM: A Journal of California, 4.3 (Fall 2014)

Museum Exhibition Tackles California Farmland and Farmwork

Exhibition Review, Civil Eats, December 28, 2011

Ag’s Stark Beauty

Exhibition Spotlight, Fresno Bee: Spotlight, December 18, 2011

On Photographing America’s Agriculture Industry

Interview, DVAFoto, August 21, 2011

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Kirkjufell Mountain, from my 2022 #iceland sketchb

Kirkjufell Mountain, from my 2022 #iceland sketchbook.

#icelandroadtrip #icelandlandscape #icelanddreams #volcaniclandscape #maritime #northatlantic #icelandfishingvillage #coastaliceland #seaside #lostplaces #lonelyasacloud #lonelycoast #intertidal

Backroad landscape, from my 2022 #iceland sketchbo

Backroad landscape, from my 2022 #iceland sketchbook.

#icelandroadtrip #icelandlandscape #icelanddreams #volcaniclandscape #lostplaces #ominoussky

Allison watching the river, some time around midni

Allison watching the river, some time around midnight, from my 2022 #iceland sketchbook.

#icelandroadtrip #icelandlandscape #icelanddreams #icelandportrait #fishingcabin #laxfoss #norðurá #volcaniclandscape #lostplaces #blackandwhiteportrait

An American in Iceland, from my 2022 #iceland sket

An American in Iceland, from my 2022 #iceland sketchbook.

#icelandroadtrip #icelandlandscape #icelanddreams #volcaniclandscape #icelandcars #americancar #hraunsnefcountryhotel #lostplaces #lonelyasacloud

Houses in Stykkishólmur, from my 2022 #iceland sk

Houses in Stykkishólmur, from my 2022 #iceland sketchbook.

#icelandroadtrip #icelandlandscape #icelanddreams #icelandhouse #maritime #northatlantic #icelandfishingvillage #coastaliceland #seaside #lostplaces #lonelyasacloud #lonelycoast #intertidal

Laundry drying in the wind, Grundarfjörður, from

Laundry drying in the wind, Grundarfjörður, from my 2022 #iceland sketchbook.

#icelandroadtrip #icelandlandscape #icelanddreams #whitelaundry #volcaniclandscape #maritime #northatlantic #icelandfishingvillage #coastaliceland #seaside #lostplaces #lonelyasacloud #lonelycoast #intertidal
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Icelandic horse near Reykholt, from my 2022 #icela

Icelandic horse near Reykholt, from my 2022 #iceland sketchbook.

#icelandroadtrip #icelandlandscape #icelanddreams #icelandichorse #whitehorse #volcaniclandscape #lostplaces #cloudysky

In Brooklyn today scanning a batch of new work fro

In Brooklyn today scanning a batch of new work from my longterm project Watershed about the crisis hitting the California water system.

#californiawater #californiawatersystem #californiawatercrisis #watersystem #climatecrisis #anthropocene #filmscanning #newtopographics #americanwest #analogphotography #filmisnotdead

Research station southwest of Langjökull, from my

Research station southwest of Langjökull, from my 2022 #iceland sketchbook.

#icelandroadtrip #icelandlandscape #icelanddreams #langjökull #researchstation #glacialretreat #glacialmelting #icelandglacier #climatechange #climatestories #climatescience #volcaniclandscape #lostplaces #ominoussky

Julian tinkering in the sauna, from my 2022 #icela

Julian tinkering in the sauna, from my 2022 #iceland sketchbook.

#icelandroadtrip #icelandlandscape #icelanddreams #icelandsauna #laxfoss #norðurá #volcaniclandscape #lostplaces #blackandwhiteportrait #mykid #photographerdad #fountainofyouth

The retreat of Langjökull, from my 2022 #iceland

The retreat of Langjökull, from my 2022 #iceland sketchbook.

#icelandroadtrip #icelandlandscape #icelanddreams #langjökull #glacialretreat #glacialmelting #icelandglacier #climatechange #climatestories #volcaniclandscape #lostplaces #ominoussky

I tend to be so project-focused that I often overl

I tend to be so project-focused that I often overlook the simple joy of traveling and snapping without worrying about what every picture means.

So I thought I'd share a few shots in the coming weeks from my #iceland sketchbook—just a random collection of things I saw and did in that sublime, evocative place while traveling with my family in the summer of 2022.

And who knows, maybe some of these will make their way into a project. Some day.

#icelandroadtrip #icelandlandscape #icelanddreams #volcaniclandscape #maritime #northatlantic #icelandfishing #seashack #boathouse #lostplaces #lonelyasacloud #lonelycoast #intertidal #ominoussky

I had a beautiful time on Friday presenting my pro

I had a beautiful time on Friday presenting my project-in-progress called "Scattered Seeds: Community Seed Savers in the Diaspora" at UT Arlington. My talk hinged on why working on a project about social-environmental redemption is a new and sometimes uncomfortable mode for me, as well as an opportunity to explore working with collage and my new obsession, "plant portraits."

Here are some excerpts.

Thanks to @amytigner.art for organizing a terrific event and for hosting us.

#foodjustice #environmentaljustice #globalappetites #creativepractice #socialimpact #utarlington #hermannslectureseries #seeds #seedsaving #seedfarming #environmentalphotography #environmentaldocumentary

Very excited to be visiting UT Arlington next week

Very excited to be visiting UT Arlington next week for the Hermanns Lecture Series on Food & Environmental Justice. I'll be putting together an exhibition of my pictures, giving a talk on a new project-in-progress about community seed farmers and seed savers, and leading a new workshop with Allison Carruth called "Creative Practice for Social Impact." For the workshop we'll be mining footage from a decade-old collaborative project about a small fishing community in Brazil to make the short film we always wanted to but never quite managed to pull together. So much good stuff!

#foodjustice #environmentaljustice #creativepractice #socialimpact #utarlington #hermannslectureseries #seeds #seedsaving #seedfarming #artisanalfishing #brazil #environmentalphotography #environmentaldocumentary

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.

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