It was just another part of their life. Bolt recalls that the man who first inspired him to start the Hall of Heroes was a man named W. Garrett, who was known as a local farmer in the community. He wanted to ensure that these veterans received the recognition that they deserved. This is when Bolt started the Laurens County Hall of Heroes, a way of recognizing veterans around the local communities, that includes a ceremony awarding the new inductees with plaques, shadow boxes, and an outpouring of love from friends, family members, and complete strangers.
Bolt initially thought the Hall of Heroes would be a one-off event. He envisioned the inaugural event, which inducted seven veterans, would draw a small crowd of people. However, on the day of the induction Bolt says nearly people attended the event. But for the last 10 years, he's been working on SeaLevel, a series of abstract images of light hitting the surface of the ocean.
Grambeau's Sealevel project offers a different way into the issue, his abstract images allowing us to absorb 'the silent rise in our sea level' Credit: Ted Grambeau.
Grambeau plans to expand the series with pictures from small Pacific and Indian Ocean islands threatened by rising sea levels. Art's a more slowly digested form of engagement. My aim is to raise awareness of the gravity of the situation with climate change and the silent rise in our sea level.
The more people are inspired by photography to think about the climate and our planet, the better. I'd also love to see them protect communities and natural habitats.
We're seeing mass extinctions and biodiversity loss. The ocean is dying a death from a thousand cuts. The time for talk and false pledges has passed. We have to take serious action and we have to do it now. Creating photos that provoke action and drive change is a motivation that unites many photographers. Photography, like every art form, is incredibly personal, each photographer's choice of subject, when and where to press the shutter, and their creative approach composition, use of light, length of exposure… unique to them.
As these photographers demonstrate, there are many ways to communicate with people, whether close-ups of marine creatures, overviews of landscapes or insights into the lives of people impacted by flooding or fires, or from hard-hitting journalism to thought-provoking abstracts.
The support for urgent action on climate change from people around the world suggests these many varied photos are helping to make an impact. That often means reaching people on an emotional level, and not just with brutal truths and hard-hitting depictions of death and destruction.
Mittermeier is determined to show people the "beauty and majesty" of the natural world. Images by her, by Skerry and other nature photographers take viewers into remote, wintry wildernesses or deep into underwater worlds that few people will get to see in their lifetimes, letting us experience up close the remarkable creatures we share the planet with.
Photos of healthy tropical coral gardens filled with colourful fish or a spectacular gathering of giant whales remind us of the beauty, diversity and wonder of the natural world, a world well worth working to protect.
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