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Barbara Boissevain's photographs have been compared to the work of American painter Mark Rothko, for their blocks of deep reds, oranges, pinks and greens. But these shades are not mixed on a palette, they are unfiltered snapshots of San Francisco Bay's salt ponds.
Taken over more than a decade, the images document the restoration of the area, from a center for commercial salt extraction back to its natural state of tidal marsh, mudflats and other wetland habitats.
The rich, unnatural colors in Boissevain's early photos are a result of the water's salinity. She remembers visiting the salt ponds for the first time during a science class in third grade. It was only years later, in 2010, when she was flying over them in a helicopter on the way to another photo project that she saw how they looked from above.
Her recent book, "Salt of the Earth: A Visual Odyssey of a Transforming Landscape," compiles all these different perspectives, allowing the viewer to see the extent of the damage to the landscape, and the beginnings of its transformation.
Read more at the link in @cnnstyle’s bio.
📸: Barbara Boissevain
