Mỹ Tho Panoramic, Vietnam

Of Rivers and Mantras: the Mekong System is a trans-boundary project that explores the complex relationships that exist between the Mekong River, its surrounding ecosystems, and the populations of people whose survival depends directly upon it.

Data reflecting the effects of climate change and the continual building of hydroelectric dams on the hydrology of the Mekong River and the surrounding ecosystems is often complicated and subject to various interpretations.  For this reason one of the main goals of this project is to emphasize the humanity of those whose methods of survival are intrinsically impacted by these abstract sets of data in very direct ways.

The Of Rivers series begins with Mỹ Tho, Vietnam, an image shot using a Linhoff panoramic 6 x 17 camera. In a gallery setting the image is monumental in size, being over three meters long, utilizing a micro | macro scale.

The Pan, Downcast from Phnom Penh, Cambodia and the Fisherwoman, Vientiane from Laos are also featured in the Of Rivers and Mantras series.