My Bookmarks
We Are in a Western Town
Places Journal
The enduring power of the photographs of Robert Adams, and what they reveal about the paradoxical landscapes of the American West.
Drylands: Water and the West
Places Journal
Our hydrological infrastructure is now nearly obsolete. Water is rapidly becoming the largest and least understood environmental challenge of the 21st century.
Bird on Fire: The World’s Least Sustainable City
Places Journal
A sociologist-critic analyzes the strange mix of freewheeling libertarianism and federal largesse that shaped modern Phoenix.
Starry Night
Places Journal
The bright lights of Las Vegas illuminate eight national parks. The dark-sky movement wants us to dim the glow — and keep the Milky Way visible.
Water in the West
Places Journal
A collaborative photography project focuses on the natural element that has defined the American West.
Signal Noise
Places Journal
Photographing nature through acts of erasure, obliteration, amplification, and reversal.
Databodies in Codespace
Places Journal
As the bioengineering of people and cities converges, where do we locate the public sphere?