Robert ParkeHarrison (born 1968) is a

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, best known for his work (with wife Shana ParkeHarrison) in the area of

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. Robert and Shana ParkeHarrison are a husband and wife duo who are based in Missouri. They have been making photographs together for almost 20 years. Their work focuses on the relationship between humans and the environment—an idea that has only recently come to popularity with movements like the Go Green initiative and concepts like the

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. Using photogravure, collage, and painting techniques, the ParkeHarrisons create cinematic environments that explore how we interact with our natural surroundings. The ParkeHarrisons' work can be found in over 20 prestigious museum collections, and their book The Architect's Brother was named one of the ten best photography books by the New York Times in 2000. Recently the couple has begun working in sculpture—large dramatic pieces that complement the dreamy qualities of their photogravures. The photographs of Robert and Shana ParkeHarrison have been displayed in 18 solo exhibitions and over 30 group shows worldwide. Their work can also be found in over 20 collections, including the

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.Imaging a Shattering Earth: Contemporary Photography and the Environmental Debate – Artists
Their book, ''The Architect's Brother'', was named as one of 'the Ten Best Photography Books of the Year' of 2000 by ''

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My photographs tell stories of loss, human struggle, and personal exploration within landscapes scarred by technology and over-use…. strive to metaphorically and poetically link laborious actions, idiosyncratic rituals and strangely crude machines into tales about our modern experience. —Robert ParkeHarrison

Many of his images are of ParkeHarrison himself, in costume and interacting with specific scenes, objects, and landscapes. Due to this aspect of performance in the images, they can be viewed as part stand-alone photographs, part documents of a singular instance of performance art. ParkeHarrison's work is stylistically similar to that of Teun Hocks.

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External links

Robert ParkeHarrison: The Architect's Brother (George Eastman House Exhibition)

* ttps://web.archive.org/web/20080205213659/http://www2.oakland.edu/shatteringearth/artists.cfm?Art=37 Imaging a Shattering Earth: Contemporary Photography and the Environmental Debate
Robert and Shanna Parke-Harrison exhibit at Catherine Edelman Gallery in Chicago, 2007

Apotheosis - Grapevine - Robert ParkeHarrison Afterimage, March, 2002 by Are Flagan

''Listening to the Earth'' and ''The Book of Life''

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