Abstract:

John Lusk Hathaway's photographic project One Foot in Eden takes as its subject the Cherokee National Forest and its visitors, who use this place extensively for day tripping and recreation. Largely a rural, undeveloped place, the waterways that appear time and again in Hathaway's explorations are part of a system of reservoirs built by the Tennessee Valley Authority for flood control and hydroelectricity generation a century ago. Built and unbuilt environments in One Foot in Eden speak to bigger questions about our existence as organic beings in a world increasingly given over to the high-modern ideology that drives mammoth undertakings like the TVA. Hathaway's images are suggestive of a deep-seated human need to connect with the world around us, evoking ideas like E. O. Wilson's biophilia.

摘要：

John Lusk Hathaway 的摄影项目One Foot in Eden以切诺基国家森林及其游客为主题，他们广泛地使用这个地方进行一日游和娱乐。海瑟薇探索中反复出现的水道主要是一个未开发的农村地区，是一个世纪前田纳西河谷管理局为防洪和水力发电而建造的水库系统的一部分。《一只脚在伊甸园》中的建成和未建成环境谈论关于我们作为有机体存在的更大问题，这个世界越来越被高度现代的意识形态所取代，而后者推动着 TVA 等庞大的事业。海瑟薇的照片暗示了人类与周围世界建立联系的根深蒂固的需求，唤起了 EO 威尔逊 (EO Wilson) 的自然主义之类的想法。