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from the issue of June 10, 2004
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Sartore photos explore our ‘fragile nature’
In 15 years of traveling the world as a photographer for National Geographic magazine, Joel Sartore has been up close and personal with some of the globe’s wildest places.
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| | | A photo from the Joel Sartore exhibition now at the University of Nebraska State Museum shows a heat lamp serving as a surrogate mother for a juvenile Attwater's prairie-chicken. Captive breeding efforts are the species' only hope for survival. Sartore says he hopes the exhibition examines how humans and our natural world are intimately linked. A photo from the Joel Sartore exhibition now at the University of Nebraska State Museum shows a heat lamp serving as a surrogate mother for a juvenile Attwater's prairie-chicken. Captive breeding efforts are the species' only hope for survival. Sartore says he hopes the exhibition examines how humans and our natural world are intimately linked. Photo courtesy of Joel Sartore.
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Sartore is sharing some of his wide-ranging experiences and some of the often-discouraging lessons he’s learned in an exhibit titled “Fragile Nature: A Personal View” at the University of Nebraska State Museum. The exhibition will run to June 5, 2005.
Although the exhibit’s title indicates the precarious existence of the subjects depicted, its subtitle expresses Sartore’s belief in what people can do if they set their minds to it. He cited the California condor, American alligator, Florida manatee and others as examples of species that have been brought back from the brink of extinction through concerted human effort.
“The bottom line for this show is to get people thinking about the world we live in,” Sartore said. “There’s never been a moment in history when humans have been so disconnected from the natural world, but we’re very dependent on the natural world for survival.
“I want this show to go to work. I’d like it to actually do some good and teach people about the natural world.”
Sartore, a UNL alumnus who lives in Lincoln, said he also wants the exhibit to remind visitors that some endangered species are close to home, such as Lincoln’s own Salt Creek tiger beetle.
“For Lincoln, Neb., it’s a big issue. It’s the only endangered species that’s all ours and it’s headed for extinction because of the massive development going on in north Lincoln,” he said. “I’d just like for people to see it before it goes extinct.”
The exhibit will feature more than 50 photographs grouped by theme in the museum’s Cooper Gallery. Each wall or section will highlight an aspect of the natural world, “almost like chapters in a book,” Sartore said. Those “chapters” will be about habitat loss; species brought to the brink of extinction by human activity; large, charismatic megafauna such as bears and wolves; prairie species; the still-wild areas of Alaska and British Columbia; the Atacama Desert in Chile and the Bolivian rain forest; photos of Sartore on assignment; and people and their interactions with the natural world. Each chapter will be accompanied by a narrative from Sartore explaining the context of the photos and describing the status of the species or habitats pictured.
For more information, call 472-3779 or visit the museum’s Web site at www-museum.unl.edu.
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ARTS HEADLINES FOR JUNE 10
Sartore photos explore our ‘fragile nature’
Coming soon to the Ross
‘Design Dynamics of Log Cabin Quilts’ at Hillestad Gallery
Event to celebrate ‘Breach’
Jazz in June, market and tours continue
‘Movies on the Green’ starts July 8
Rep season continues with two productions
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