كريس رينير .. والعلاقة الخطرة بين الارض والانسان .. مجلة فن التصوير اللبنانية _ ع٢٨

Chris Renner and the dangerous relationship between Earth and man

As photographic assistant to world-renowned photographer Ansel Adams, Chris Reyer has spent the past two years making prints of the photographer's large portfolio of 30,000 negatives, processing his exhibitions, researching his books and testing his equipment.
When Rainier began his own work, he realized that temptations might lead him to overdo it in following in Adams' footsteps, and he would be the first to admit that rural scenes, among his early photographs, were among the merits of the work of many of Adams's students.
However, he sees, in any case, that his immersions in photography
Adams' photography helped him as an auxiliary element in defining his own style.
The two photographers are attracted to nature and environmental issues, but the younger one is more attached to the dark side of nature, as these fallen branches and roots
The tangles and surfaces on which time has put its mark are a reminder of the element of change that occurs in nature rather than a reminder of its ability to endure and survive.
A passionate environmentalist, Rainier is involved in many conservation projects, including photos for a recent publication of the International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (IUCN), as well as creating photos for a forthcoming book on endangered world parks. This, and despite his planning to make many trips to achieve his project, Renbier produced many of his recent pictures about the symbolic response of nature to the inhumanity of man in his dealings with it in the American Southwest.
And if social commentary in nature photography is a major preoccupation of urban photographers, who select such man-made subjects as eye-catching—for example, erosion of wooded areas, international highways; And stacks of spent drink cans - however, Renner comments on normal conditions by adopting a unique style with classic themes. Although the warning scenes he filmed with a 4×5 View camera were made away from the presence of visible humans, they suggest a dramatic emergence of the relationship danger between man and earth.
In Rainer's photos, tension and strength raise fears about the sanctity of what remains of the jungle.
In light of the shapes and structures of these endangered places, indications were found that say that the real spirit of the earth may be more powerful than we know.
- Harry Gundjian