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ED WARGIN AND THE FRESH COAST PROJECT IN THE NEWS
MERRELL SHOE COMPANY
Recently the Merrell Shoe Company featured a complimentary article about The Fresh Coast Project and the photography of Ed Wargin.
EXCERPT: First of all, looking at just the digital versions of these photographs makes you want to hop on the next floatplane to the upper reaches of the lakes. (Now is your opportunity to find a floatplane, right?) These images are simply beautiful.
But they also succeed in drawing you in to a kind of intangible place of memory that Wargin creates with his carefully curated choices of scene and mood. The rocks and trees and bullfrogs are not a tourism plug. Their detail suggests more about the Great Lakes-as-resource, that the region is connected to real communities of people, industry, wildlife. By archiving the coast, Wargin hopes to create stewards of the future. read more >
FROM THE UPNORTHICA BLOG
EXCERPT: The Great Lakes are the largest collection of freshwater, by surface, on the Earth. Skirted by 10,000 miles of shoreline, the lakes are flanked by wilderness, urban areas, sand beaches, cliffs and private homes. The countries of Canada and the United States share these important waterways for recreation and commerce. Working to capture the essence of these natural resources, photographer Ed Wargin is creating a volume of photographs on slide film, before digital mediums replace it completely. And perhaps, more importantly—capture the Great Lakes before they change, even if that change is subtle. read more >
What People Are Saying
From Orms Connect, an online portal for the photographic community based out of Cape Town, South Africa:
...Have a look at the project's website for more inspiration (seriously).
From Editor Jeff Smith of My North.com, which is a community post hosted by Traverse Magazine based out of Traverse City, Michigan:
...I suggest you check out his website, thefreshcoastproject.com. Definitely do not skip the gallery. Some dynamite stuff in there that will make you love the Great Lakes more than ever.—Jeff Smith is editor of Traverse, Northern Michigan's Magazine
From The Ecolocalizer:
...Anyone who has seen the previous works of Minnesota photographer Ed Wargin knows he has an exquisite eye for beauty.
From The Duluth Pack Blog and the Banff Mountain Film Festival:
Ed Wargin is) ...assembling a body of artistic work that will serve as tangible evidence of their importance in our lives. Here’s hoping we all gain knowledge and awareness of the Great Lakes through this project.