 |  | Now on view, Devour the Land: War and American Landscape Photography since 1970 features 160 photographs that tell an eye-opening story about the U.S. military footprint on the domestic landscape. The exhibition highlights how photography can bring powerful visibility to this often overlooked issue as well as inspire activism.
Below, find details about just some of the online events and press related to this thought-provoking new exhibition, curated by Makeda Best, the Richard L. Menschel Curator of Photography.
We hope to see you in the galleries soon—don’t forget we now offer free admission on Sundays! Reservations are currently required for all visits. |
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 | What is Devour the Land? Curator Makeda Best, along with photographers Nina Berman, Sharon Stewart, and Robert Del Tredici, briefly introduce the exhibition and share their insights. |
 | Register for a virtual panel discussion on Tuesday, October 5 between curator Makeda Best and photographers Terry Evans, Ashley Gilbertson, and Will Wilson, whose work appears in Devour the Land. |
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 | Inspired by Devour the Land, the Harvard Film Archive presents a program of films that critically engage landscape as a site where deeper political, sociocultural, and historical forces are powerfully legible. The series kicks off October 8. |
 | “I wanted people to think about the homeland differently when it comes to the costs of war,” said Makeda Best. “We think everything is happening abroad, but it’s happening here too. It’s always been happening here.” Read this article on the exhibition from Harvard Magazine. |
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After visiting, tell us what you think by using #DevourTheLand on social channels or by emailing us at am_info@harvard.edu. |
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Lead Image: Lucas Foglia, American, New Crop Varieties for Extreme Weather, Geneva Greenhouses, New York State Agricultural Experiment Station, New York,2013.Archival pigment print. Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Richard and Ronay Menschel Fund for the Acquisition of Photographs, 2019.312. © Lucas Foglia; image courtesy of the artist. Introducing Devour the Land: Sim Chi Yin, Singaporean, Mountain range surrounding the Nevada Test Site, from the series Most People Were Silent, November 2017. Archival pigment print. Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Richard and Ronay Menschel Fund for the Acquisition of Photographs, 2020.181. © Sim Chi Yin; image courtesy of the artist. War’s Other Consequences: Will Wilson, Diné, Auto Immune Response: Confluence of Three Generations, 2015. Archival pigment print. Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Richard and Ronay Menschel Fund for the Acquisition of Photographs, 2021.19. © Will Wilson; image courtesy of the artist.
This exhibition is made possible in part by the generosity of the Terra Foundation for American Art and The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts. Additional support for the project is provided by the Andrew W. Mellon Publication Fund and the Rosenblatt Fund for Postwar American Art. Related programming is supported by the M. Victor Leventritt Lecture Series Endowment Fund. Modern and contemporary art programs at the Harvard Art Museums are made possible in part by generous support from the Emily Rauh Pulitzer and Joseph Pulitzer, Jr., Fund for Modern and Contemporary Art. |
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