Artist Bio:
“Adam grew up in the small Northern Ontario town of Atikokan, where the caribou once roamed. When Adam was growing up there, Atikokan was coated in red ore dust, and boasted two of the largest ore mines in the world. It was nestled in the heart of the Northern Ontario wilderness, isolated from the rest of the world. In 1980 the mines shut down, and it was at that point when Adam began to nurture his artistic ideas by exploring fields of endless moss, muddy swamps, thick boreal forests, and abandoned open pit mines. Adam’s work draws on the influences of science, and nature. Cinematic aspects of lighting and color influence his aesthetic approach. He often explores a narrative style within his photographs, which provides a solid base for the subject matter that is being presented. A common theme that runs through Adam’s work is the human manipulation of nature. In Adam’s most recent series, The Miniature Apiary, he is exploring the exploitation of the bees in a fictitious world he’s called the Langstroth Range”.
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posted by: Brent Carter
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