The magazine of the photo-essay
July/August 2023 back issue
“A free, really high quality photo-essay magazine. Fabulous!”
Stephen Fry. British actor, writer and film maker
by Lynn Whitney
For over a decade, large-format photographer Lynn Whitney has captured Lake
Erie’s Ohio shores. The beautifully rendered images contained in Lake Erie reveal a
sense of diverse communities, changing landscapes,and deep histories of a place.
Inspired by Frank Gohlke’s work on Lake Erie, Whitney’s distinct eye acts as a guide
through this unique and imperiled landscape; her images ask what the chances are
for our collective future and offer hope in the effort of noticing.
Included are photographer Nicholas Nixon’s personal account of Whitney’s practice,
a cultural exploration by curator Robin Reisenfeld, and an essay by biologist George
Bullerjahn, which chronicles the environmental and geological characteristics of
the lake. As a collection, these photographs and texts are reminders of the past we
share; of what we have done and continue to do to the lake and to each other.
