Desmond Johnson

Tailpipes and Smokestacks

Inspired by: Laura McPhee, The Blue Lagoon Lionel Reinford, Winter in New England

inkjet black and white photograph on fine art paper

20″ x 16″

2022

Automobiles and most Electrical Power Plants are essential to modern societies yet they are two major contributors to the Green House Gases that are having a tremendous impact on the environment. The manufacturing of automobiles consumes a lot of energy and resources like steel, rubber, glass, plastics, paints, and many more materials. Also, the end of an automobile’s life doesn’t mark the end of its environmental impact. About 61% of the electricity generated in the United States is produced from fossil fuels (petroleum, coal, and natural gas) which emits combustion byproducts that have negative effects on the environment and human health. Inspired in contrast by Laura McPhee’s “The Blue Lagoon, Svartsengi Geothermal Pumping Station, Iceland” and Lionel Reinford’s “Winter in New England”.