Dennis Dimick

clereviewofbooks.com — Dennis Dimick on "American Geography: Photographs of Land Use from 1840 to the Present", edited by Sandra S. Philips and Sally Martin Katz, published by Radius Books 2021; and Sarah Greenough's "American Silence: The Photographs of Robert Adams", published by Aperture/National Ga

clereviewofbooks.com — Lucas Bessire's poignant critique of dramatic groundwater decline in southwest Kansas and resistance to addressing it offers perspective on our failure to confront climate change. The human-caused crises of declining aquifers and our heating climate are both rooted in a reality-denying world view.

eyeson.earth — Photojournalism has had 100 years (at least) to mature, build its foundations, and realize its lofty goals. Lewis Bush recently asked if photojournalism has succeeded or lost its way, which sparked conversation between Jim and Dennis about its past and potential.

National Geographic — As both a picture and environment editor at National Geographic I live a hybrid life. On one hand I try to imagine how we can visualize-in fresh and compelling ways-the goings-on in our world for the stories we publish. On the other hand I'm deeply involved in conceiving and helping create many of our projects about global environmental change. I thrive where these two spheres intersect. This intersection might best be described as "environmental photojournalism"-a combination of documentary photojournalism and environmental journalism. It's a two-fold discipline inspired and informed by scientists who study patterns of change on our planet, largely brought about by humanity's expanding presence.

eyeson.earth — Since then I've shot panoramas on nearly every flight. My focus has been landscape transformation: suburban development at urban edges, irrigated and dryland crop farming, coal and hardrock mining, dams and reservoirs, logged and burned forests. This growing set of images visualizes the emergent Anthropocene era, or Human Age, showing our expanding human footprint.

National Geographic — by Dennis Dimick That question headlining a 1984 National Geographic article on soils remains as relevant today as it was more than 30 years ago. We lavish attention on our food, we want to know where it came from, who grew it, and whether it is "conventional" or "organic." But we give hardly a passing thought to the ground our food grew in. Soil could use some more attention and respect. After all, soil is the thin skin of our earth where we plant and grow the vital grain crops like wheat, rice, and corn that feed more than seven billion of us.

poyi.org — Third Place Magazine Picture Editing Portfolio at Pictures of the Year International. Important Environnmental Photojournalism on Coal, food security, wilderness, and Western drought.

National Geographic — Snowpack-which essentially serves as a water tower for the western United States-produces vital meltwater that flows off the mountains each spring. Like a time-release capsule, snowpack refills streams and reservoirs and waters crops and cities through the dry summer in this largely semiarid region. But the snowpack is becoming more like a snow gap, as temperatures in the Cascades and Sierra Nevada become too warm for the snow that replenishes the ecosystem each winter.

National Geographic — As scientists and much of the public differ on the causes of climate change, the planet keeps getting warmer and effects keep adding up.

National Geographic — Solving the world's looming food crisis will require big investments in agricultural research, yet public support for that is lagging.

National Geographic — As drought ravages surface water supplies, we're pumping groundwater to save us. And it will-for a while.

National Geographic — As world population projections soar, there are rising concerns about the impact billions more people will have on the planet.

National Geographic — Scientists, policymakers focus on improving the food supply against daunting odds.