Daniel Kukla is an artist who’s
work can be found at the intersection of photography and
bioloy/anthropological sciences (of which he is formally trained). In
his photography he tries to capture images that have the power to
articulate our ever-changing relationship with the natural world. In
both science and photography the act of collection is universal, and in
his series entitled
The Edge Effect, Daniel remarks:
“In March of 2012, I was awarded an artist’s residency by
the United States National Park Service in southern California’s Joshua
Tree National Park. While staying in the Park, I spent much of my time
visiting the borderlands of the park and the areas where the low Sonoran
desert meets the high Mojave desert. While hiking and driving, I caught
glimpses of the border space created by the meeting of distinct
ecosystems in juxtaposition, referred to as the Edge Effect in the
ecological sciences.
To document this unique confluence of terrains, I hiked out a large
mirror and painter’s easel into the wilderness and captured opposing
elements within the environment. Using a single visual plane, this
series of images unifies the play of temporal phenomena, contrasts of
color and texture, and natural interactions of the environment itself.” –
Source: DanielKukla.com
