Photo Essay: The Uneasy Relationship Between Humans and Nature

There is nothing influenced by human activities in the world. Last summer, it was clear that Lucas Foglia soared on Alaska's vast, white, vast Juno ice sheet. He is dragged by scientist Uwe Hofmann and is on the old keyboard. He regularly stops the snowmobile and measures rapidly melting glaciers.

"This is an unforgettable experience," photographer Foglia said in the December issue of WIRED. "In large and wild places, I think that the method I have never felt before is small, but I know that the whole human being is changing this landscape."

Foglia explores this tension with his amazing new book, Humanity. It has nearly 60 pictures showing nature and various ways human beings naturally affect naturally - good or bad. "It is about our relationship with nature, even if they are formed by us, we need a wild place," Foglia said. "I think all the photos in the book are part of the iceberg, and I want to let the audience direct the big story under the surface of the image."

Foguria grew up on a farm in the countryside of Long Island. Looking at the surrounding fields slowly being enthusiastic about the residential community, this focus became increasingly intense after Hurricane Sandy hit the East Coast in 2012. "Climate change is reported daily in the news, but I understand that I do not know what science is," he said. "I think that photography can clearly describe the process of science."

In the next five years, Foguria used his medium format digital camera to track scientists from five countries. They collected air pollution samples, studied geysers, and launched an ozone balloon into the atmosphere. We also studied the government's efforts to mitigate the effects of climate change. For example, the Singapore Green Plan requires developers to add green spaces to new buildings, but at the New York Agricultural Experiment Station, farmers are helping to cultivate agricultural crops that are highly resistant to changes in weather patterns.

These plans are not only important, as people need to survive naturally. Because people need nature to prosper, they are also important. Foglia learned this when recording research by the neuroscientist David Strayer at the University of Utah. Because they spent time in a rugged landscape, they associated participants with EEG caps and facial electrodes. His research shows that removal of nature actually increases cognitive function and helps people better solve creative problems. "In his view, he stated that wild time is part of human nature," Foglia said.

The thought of Strayer spread to the whole human race. It explains the free and free feeling that foguria feels as it glides over the remote Alaska ice sheet - and further emphasizes the need to protect such places

Current research shows that human-nature relationships are important, especially in terms of psychological experience. In the shadow of the increasingly isolated population of the world, the quest for relationship between man and nature is particularly prominent. We believe that it is necessary to understand natural human experiences and to continue pursuing to find ways to cultivate relationships between humans and other parts of nature through this understanding. Knowing that natural contact is good for us is not enough - we already know this, but the inconsistency between modern self consciousness and the natural world in the urban environment is also increasing. Future research may benefit from focusing on understanding the relationship between people and nature and use this insight to return to a more comprehensive experience of relationships with the natural world.

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