National "Documerica" Environmental Photo Exhibit Comes to Dallas
(DALLAS – August 7, 2012) The Environmental Protection
Agency will open “Documerica” exhibit of photographs depicting
environmental conditions of the past and present beginning August 7, 2012. The
display arrives in Dallas after a quick stop in Austin at the Texas
Environmental Superconference as part of its national tour. The exhibit will be
open on the 7th Floor at Fountain Place in downtown Dallas through
August 14, 2012.
From its development in 1971, “Documerica” became the
United States’ first serious pictorial examination of the environment. The
project collected more than 15,000 images, documenting the environmental and
human conditions of this country when EPA was starting its mission. The idea was
to visually record the difference in conditions in later years, providing the
public with a measurement of progress made to accomplish goals set by
Congress.
Forty years later the project was rediscovered with the help of
National Archives. “State of the Environment” launched Earth Day 2011 as an
opportunity for the public to participate and engage in a modern revitalization
of Documerica. There are more than 1,900 new images that have been submitted to
EPA through Flickr.
The EPA photo project will
continue accepting submissions through the end of 2013. Public entries will be
considered for a larger exhibit of both projects set for March-September 2013 at
the U.S. National Archives’ Lawrence F. O’Brien Gallery in Washington,
D.C.
To learn more and to follow the project, visit: www.epa.gov/stateoftheenvironment
To match images near you, a selection of
the full record is available on the National Archives Flickr
photostream
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