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Artist Focus: Jason Houston
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August 1 - December 31, 2009
 show overview
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JASON HOUSTON
Berkshire resident, Jason Houston has
photographed farms and farmers for nearly a decade. In 2007 Houston's
Farm series was featured in "Locally Grown", a group show on the
subject of Local
Agriculture and Harvest at the Ferrin Gallery in conjunction with
"Locally Thrown".
Images from this series are currently on view at various locations.
Photo Caption: Jason Houston, Untitled (Rich), 20" x
30", Unmounted digital c-prints , 2006
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Click here for Ferringallery.com and Jason Houston
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ONVIEW @ Stonover Farm
FARM
Painting, Photography and Sculpture
By appointment through October 31
Stonover
Farm
169 Under Mountian Road
Lenox, MA 01240
413.637.3344
FARMER
Photographic series by Jason Houston
I’ve
been photographing farms and farmers in the Berkshires where I live for
nearly a decade. I started this project because I believed that food
and where it comes from and how it’s
made is one the most urgent, universally important issues our world
faces today. And the more time I’ve spent on this work, the more I have
come to believe that we really are also in serious
trouble: Issues of personal health and global hunger, the instability
of an oil-dependant economy, terrorism and increasing agricultural
trade surpluses, the lack of knowledge around genetic
engineering, the loss of traditional knowledge and regional varieties
in our crops, the ethical treatment of animals and the impact on our
environment…are all part of the dynamic we participate
in each and every day, every time we eat.
Proponents of
industrial agriculture will insist we are too far-gone and must buy
into technological solutions. But in a growing number of
communities around the world farmers on small, independently owned, and
community focused farms are helping local economies grow and
sustainable agriculture take hold. They represent real alternatives
and I photograph them to help raise the critical conversations we need
to be having about where our food comes from and the sustainability and
vitality of that system.
-Jason Houston,
2007
Photo Caption: Jason Houston, Moon in the Pond Farm, Rich, 2007, Photograph
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Click here for link to Stonover Farm
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Jason Houston: Recent Publications
Dying Beautifully - Photographs by Jason Houston, words by Billie Best
The story of one
man's beautiful death and how dying consciously can change everything.
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Click here for link to dyingbeautifully.org
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Jason Houston: Recent Publications
People of the Forest - Photographs by Jason Houston, Stories by William DeBuys
A commentary about
deforestation and destroying Orangutan habitats.
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Click here for link to rareconservation.org
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