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A tidal marsh scene showing brackish water and vegetation.
Tidal Marsh, Savannah National Wildlife Refuge, South Carolina
A tidal marsh scene showing brackish water and vegetation.
A tidal marsh scene showing brackish water and vegetation.
Tidal Marsh, Savannah National Wildlife Refuge, South Carolina, Michael Kolster, 2014, archival pigment print, Telfair Museum of Art, Savannah, Georgia, © Michael Kolster.

Tidal Marsh, Savannah National Wildlife Refuge, South Carolina

Artist (American, born 1963)
Date2014
MediumArchival pigment print
DimensionsImage (.a): 16 1/8 × 20 3/16 inches (41 × 51.3 cm)
Other (Margin .a): 20.1 × 23 cm (7 7/8 × 9 1/16 inches)
Sheet (.a): 21 3/16 × 25 3/4 inches (53.8 × 65.4 cm)
Image (.b): 16 1/8 × 20 1/8 inches (41 × 51.1 cm)
Other (Margin .b): 20 × 22 cm (7 7/8 × 8 11/16 inches)
Sheet (.b): 21 1/8 × 25 3/4 inches (53.7 × 65.4 cm)
Image (.c): 16 1/8 × 20 1/16 inches (41 × 51 cm)
Other (Margin .c): 20 × 23 cm (7 7/8 × 9 1/16 inches)
Sheet (.c): 20 3/4 × 25 3/4 inches (52.7 × 65.4 cm)
Portfolio/Series"Rivers" series
Credit LineGift of Karen Wells and Andrew Canning.
Object number2019.32.10.a-.c
On View
Not on view
Copyright© Michael Kolster. The images and text contained on this page are owned by Telfair Museums or used by the Museum with permission from the owners. Unauthorized reproduction, transmission or display of these materials is prohibited with the exception of items deemed “fair use” as defined by U.S. and international copyright laws.Label TextAs part of his 'Rivers' series (2011–14), photographer Michael Kolster created contemporary wet-plate ambrotypes and subsequent digital prints of four American rivers that flow into the Atlantic Ocean—the Androscoggin, Schuylkill, James, and Savannah. His photographs emphasize the centuries worth of industrial use and neglect inflicted on these bodies of water. 'Tidal Marsh, Savannah National Wildlife Refuge, South Carolina' is a triptych of the brackish water and natural vegetation at the National Wildlife Refuge located outside of Savannah. Kolster first made glass-plate ambrotypes, a historic and complex photographic process that required him to set up his large-format camera and a portable darkroom to chemically fix the images onsite. Later he scanned the plates into his computer to produce digital files. Kolster’s photographs suggest that as the boundaries continue to dissolve between humankind and nature, we should embrace and cherish places once degraded by industry and discover beauty in their ongoing ecological evolution.
Subject MatterSavannah National Wildlife Refuge, 694 Beech Hill Lane, Hardeeville, South Carolina, United States of America
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