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Posted on November 24, 2019

Westlands
Randi Lynn Beach
December 7 – May 3, 2020
  • A murmuration of starlings opens IMAGE file
    © Randi Lynn Beach, "Starlings"
  • A silhouetted figure carrying a bundle.of asparagus opens IMAGE file
    © Randi Lynn Beach, "Asparagus"
  • Train cars filled with tomatoes. opens IMAGE file
    © Randi Lynn Beach, Tomatoes"
  • A farmer throwing a cantaloupe. opens IMAGE file
    © Randi Lynn Beach, "Cantaloupe"
  • Fog filled San Luis reservoir water view. opens IMAGE file
    © Randi Lynn Beach, "San Luis Reservoir"
  • Hay Bales opens IMAGE file
    © Randi Lynn Beach, "Hay Bales"
  • Farmer worker with scarf over face. opens IMAGE file
    © Randi Lynn Beach, "Farm Worker"
  • A grove of almond trees in blossom. opens IMAGE file
    © Randi Lynn Beach, "Almond Blossom"
  • An orchard of dead almond trees opens IMAGE file
    © Randi Lynn Beach, "Dead Almond Trees."
  • Farmers filling bins with melons. opens IMAGE file
    © Randi Lynn Beach, "Harvest"
  • Aerial view of sheep grazing. opens IMAGE file
    © Randi Lynn Beach, "Sheep"
  • Farmers placing cantaloupe in cartons opens IMAGE file
    © Randi Lynn Beach, "Cantaloupe Harvest"
  • An aerial view of tractors plowing. opens IMAGE file
    © Randi Lynn Beach, "Tractors"
  • Mayor Silva in an aisle of market. opens IMAGE file
    © Randi Lynn Beach, "Mayor Silva"
  • dolls in vegetable bin refrigerator opens IMAGE file
    © Randi Lynn Beach, "Vegetables"
  • A skyline view of a starling murmur. opens IMAGE file
    © Randi Lynn Beach, "Firebaugh"

Statement
Showcasing California’s Central Valley, Westlands uses documentary photography to examine the danger drought and water policies represent to farming. The valley has been a productive food-growing region for decades, but water shortages and complicated laws have placed the region’s farms—and subsequently its communities and culture—in precarious conditions. Moving beyond simplified narratives of environmentalist versus farmer or government versus worker, Westlands reveals the complex story of fragile ecosystems, a growing population, and the need for social responsibility and sustainable solutions. The lessons suggested in these breathtaking photographs apply not just to California but to worldwide conversations about water usage and rights.

Bio
Randi Lynn Beach came from Brooklyn, NY. She migrated west after receiving a B.A. from New York University. Along the way, she lived in Albuquerque, Tucson, Denmark, San Francisco and travels extensively to pursue projects she is passionate about. 

An award-winning photojournalist, she has had her photography featured in everything from Rolling Stone, to the Washington Post, to People, to the New York Times. Her documentaries have been featured in A Photo Editor, Popular Photography, NPR and the Huffington Post as well as being recognized by the Webby Awards. Most recently she finished Westlands, a water story which was featured internationally in film festivals and recently won a Telly for Social Responsibility. Westlands, a Water Story was published by UNM Press. 

View a link to the book. 

View Randi Lynn Beach’s Instagram.

View Randi Lynn Beach on Behance. 

View Randi Lynn Beach’s Website.

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Amy Rindskopf's Terra Novus

At the market, I pick each one up, pulled in by the shapes as they sit together, waiting. I feel its heft in my hand, enjoy the textures of the skin or peel, and begin to look closer and closer. The patterns on each individual surface marks them as distinct. I push further still, discovering territory unseen by the casual observer, a new land. I am like a satellite orbiting a distant planet, taking the first-ever images of this newly envisioned place.

This project started as an homage to Edward Weston’s Pepper No. 30 (I am, ironically, allergic to peppers). As I looked for my subject matter at the market, I found that I wasn’t drawn to just one single fruit or vegetable. There were so many choices, appealing to both hand and eye. I decided to print in black and white to help make the images visually more about the shapes, and not about guessing which fruit is smoothest, which vegetable is greenest.

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Artistic Purpose/Intent

Tricia Gahagan

 

Photography has been paramount in my personal path of healing from disease and

connecting with consciousness. The intention of my work is to overcome the limits of the

mind and engage the spirit. Like a Zen koan, my images are paradoxes hidden in plain

sight. They are intended to be sat with meditatively, eventually revealing greater truths

about the world and about one’s self.

 

John Chervinsky’s photography is a testament to pensive work without simple answers;

it connects by encouraging discovery and altering perspectives. I see this scholarship

as a potential to continue his legacy and evolve the boundaries of how photography can

explore the human condition.

 

Growing my artistic skill and voice as an emerging photographer is critical, I see this as

a rare opportunity to strengthen my foundation and transition towards an established

and influential future. I am thirsty to engage viewers and provide a transformative

experience through my work. I have been honing my current project and building a plan

for its complete execution. The incredible Griffin community of mentors and the

generous funds would be instrumental for its development. I deeply recognize the

hallmark moment this could be for the introduction of the work. Thank you for providing

this incredible opportunity for budding visions and artists that know they have something

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