Salton Sea

Of Dust and Water

Debra Bentley, Mark Murrmann

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Daylight Books
11 August 2020

Photographs: collections; Limnology (freshwater)

Several years ago, Debbie Bentley visited the Salton Sea for the first time. The area was an oddity, full of dilapidated houses, rotting fish, and horrible smells. In spite of this, she found the lake itself beautiful, vast, and haunting.

Such a dangerous beauty. Even though large amounts of the playa are currently exposed, the Salton Sea is still so large that from some vantage points, the earth's curvature hides the opposite shore. Currently the dust from the playa fills the air and causes health issues and crop damage - more exposed lakebed is certainly a public health crisis in the making.

At the end of 2017, California mandated water transfers to the Sea ended. From this point forward, playa exposure will increase at an accelerated rate.

This body of work is a portrait of the Salton Sea in 2018. The lake will never be as it was at that moment in time, nor will the remediation efforts woefully behind schedule to deal with the increasing dust.

Photographs by: Debra Bentley
Introduction by: Mark Murrmann
Imprint: Daylight Books
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 215mm, Width: 215mm,
ISBN: 9781942084822
ISBN 10: 194208482X
Pages: 128
Publication Date: 11 August 2020
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Debbie Bentley is a self-taught photographer currently living and working in Vacaville, California. Mark Murrmann is a photographer, curator, and photography instructor. He serves as Photo Editor at Mother Jones magazine.

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Salton Sea

Of Dust and Water

Debra Bentley, Mark Murrmann

$97.95 $88.09

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