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Kilauea (Halema'uma'u Crater)
Kilauea (Halema'uma'u Crater)
Kilauea (Halema'uma'u Crater)

Kilauea (Halema'uma'u Crater)

Artist (American, born 1944)
Date2012
MediumPigment print
DimensionsImage: 20 × 30 in. (50.8 × 76.2 cm)
Support: 24 × 32 1/4 in. (61 × 81.9 cm)
Mat: 30 × 39 15/16 in. (76.2 × 101.4 cm)
ClassificationsPhotograph
Credit LineGift of Joan Myers, 2023
Object number2024.1.1
DescriptionVolcanic crater in middle ground with white and salmon-hued plumes of steam escaping toward right margin. At left foreground is a tree with branches extending toward the center of the composition and greenery along bottom margin.
eMuseum Notes

Throughout her series Fire and Ice, Myers explores two poles of physical extremes across a variety of landscapes, often extremely remote, around the globe. Interested in the ever changing surface of the earth, Myers’ photographs often explore the theme of fire in volcanic, sulfuric activity and ice in Arctic formations. The images are a testament to Myers dedication and long term work with various organizations, namely the National Science Foundation and the Smithsonian Institution, in order to capture the evolving life of our planet and the human relationship to it. The resulting images, although documentary in nature, convey a deep sensorial sense of place that, through poetic composition and framing, are also, at once, compelling contemporary works of photographic art.

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Terms
  • landscapes (environments)
  • steam
  • trees
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