{"id":2497,"date":"2016-03-29T23:26:49","date_gmt":"2016-03-30T04:26:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.savebuffalobayou.org\/?p=2497"},"modified":"2016-03-29T23:26:49","modified_gmt":"2016-03-30T04:26:49","slug":"environmental-photography-that-works","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.savebuffalobayou.org\/?p=2497","title":{"rendered":"Environmental Photography That Works"},"content":{"rendered":"

Coastal Essence<\/em> in Fotofest 2016<\/h4>\n

March 29, 2016<\/p>\n

How do environmental and conservation organizations get their message across?<\/p>\n

By showing the public photographs of what they are trying to protect.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s what Houston-based, internationally-known photographer Jim Olive<\/a> has been doing for Save Buffalo Bayou and many other conservation organizations. Without Jim\u2019s stunning photos of the historic natural stretch of the bayou flowing past Memorial Park, far fewer people would have any idea of the rare and valuable treasure we have running right through the middle of Houston.<\/p>\n

A Fotofest 2016 exhibition titled Coastal Essence<\/em> features Jim Olive\u2019s photographs that have been used by local environmental\u00a0organizations to illustrate their cause in\u00a0print and social media. The exhibition, which includes a photograph of Buffalo Bayou at dawn used by Save Buffalo Bayou on its Facebook page<\/a>, is on display at the Houston Museum of Natural Science in Sugar Land<\/a>, Texas. The show runs through May 8 at the museum at 13016 University Blvd.<\/p>\n

Fotofest is one of the world\u2019s leading photography festivals, and this year the theme is Changing Circumstances: Looking at the Future of the Planet<\/em>.<\/em><\/a> The festival, which continues through April 24, takes place every two years in galleries and exhibition spaces across the Houston metropolitan area, and draws photographers, curators, collectors, and other photography experts from all over the world.<\/p>\n

Jim Olive, a native Houstonian, has been a professional photographer for fifty years and has traveled around the world on assignments. A longtime conservationist, he is the founder and executive director of the Christmas Bay Foundation<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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This photo of Buffalo Bayou at dawn in the area targeted for destruction and “restoration” by the Harris County Flood Control District is on display in the Coastal Essence <\/em>Fotofest exhibit through May 8 at the Houston Museum of Natural Science in Sugar Land, Texas. Photo taken by Jim Olive on Dec. 9, 2014, from the bluffs of Memorial Park looking downstream towards the bank of the River Oaks Country Club.<\/p><\/div>\n

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