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Rift/Fault
Title
Rift/Fault.
Production
[2006-2015]
Physical Description
5.17 linear feet (3 boxes)
Notes
Title from title page.
Prints signed, titled, and dated by the photographer on versos.
Collection includes a box with an inkjet print mounted on the cover.
Title page and inscriptions in English.
Provenance
Purchased from Radius Books on the Frederick W. and Carrie S. Beinecke Fund for Western Americana, 2016.
Organization
Arranged under headings for Rift, Fault, and Ancillary Material.
Access and use
This material is open for research.
Biographical / Historical Note
Marion Belanger (born 1957) (Yale 1990 MFA) is a photographer. Her work focuses on the cultural landscape, particularly where geology and the built environment intersect.
Summary
Photographs created by Marion Belanger, 2006-2012 and printed 2015 that document tectonic shifting of the North American Plate in California and Iceland. Images in the "Rift" component document the rising eastern edge of the North American Continental Plate where it meets the Eurasian Plate along the Mid-Atlantic Rift in Iceland and include views of geothermal energy projects and the built environment. Images in the "Fault" component represents the subsiding western edge of the North American Plate along the San Andreas Fault in California and depict the built environment adjacent to the fault.
Format
Images
Language
English
Added to Catalog
December 18, 2017
Indexes/Finding aids
Finding aid available.
References
Marion Belanger, Rift/Fault. Yale Collection of Western Americana, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library.
Cite as
Marion Belanger, Rift/Fault. Yale Collection of Western Americana, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library.
Subjects
Genre/Form
Inkjet prints.
Photographic prints.
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