Jamey Stillings: The Evolution Of Ivanpah Solar

Inthisnewmonograph,JameyStillings(born1955)synthesizesenvironmentalinterestswithhislongstandingfascinationwiththeintersectionsofnatureandhumanactivity.InOctober2010,Stillingsbeganathree-and-a-half-yearaerialexplorationoverwhathasbecometheworld'slargestconcentratedsolarpowerplant,theIvanpahSolarElectricGeneratingSystemintheMojaveDesertofCalifornia.Fromthesimpleandstarkterrainofthepreconstructionlandscapetotheangularformsofthecompletedsolarplantproducing392megawattsofelectricityon14squarekilometersofpublicland,Stillingsexploresdynamicinteractionsbetweenraworganicformsofnatureandthosedefinedbytheproject'sprecisegeometriclines.Shotfromahelicopterduringfirstandlastlight,Stillings'black-and-whiteimagesintriguewithtightabstractions,obliqueviewsofgeologicandgeometricforms,andbroadopenviewsofthedramaticdesertbasin.