Meet the Artist: Joann Brennan

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Meet the Artist: Joann Brennan

Joann Brennan’s photographs grapple with the question of how we sustain wildness in a human world. Her work recognizes the paradoxical nature of human efforts to control and conserve wildlife. In her Managing Eden series, Brennan captures stewardship efforts across the country, showing the intimate relationship between scientists and their specimens. Her images were featured in the exhibition "The Singing and the Silence: Birds in Contemporary Art."

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