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John James Audubon’s birds “drawn from nature” represent one of the lasting legacies of American ornithological art, but how does the world he depicted compare to the world we live in today, and how has our view of the artist and his work changed?
Artist, activist and writer Krista Elrick’s exhibition, Where Are the Birds?
Retracing Audubon, explores this idea by revisiting the history, sites and species of Audubon’s work and documenting and responding to the changes since his original visits.
Using her silver gelatin photographs along with archival research, Elrick’s work documents both how the world, and the people in it, have changed, and why many are now rethinking their admiration of Audubon.
