Our planet has been keeping its own collaborative record of deep time through fossilization, stratification, and other biophysical processes for billions of years. In contrast, a photograph captures fleeting moments from a singular vantage point. Is it possible to use photography to connect with the massive scales of time and space in which our planet evolves? As global citizens, how can photographers creatively respond to Earth’s planetary cycles–the motions of the continents and oceans, our passage around the sun, the journeys of wind, water, dust–more consciously?

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Place roots us in the situated, interconnected, and polyrhythmic experiences that shape who we are. The land and our bodies are entangled in a sensuous conversation. We inform place, place informs us. Here, the histories, health, and ways of being–of all beings–are deeply entwined.

How does photography inspire us to explore the extraordinary connections that exist in the ordinary rhythms of life? Can photography help us deepen our intimacy with the natural world and the other places we inhabit? Through practice, can we foster a sense of belonging, re-learn ways of caring, and return to kinship?.

Personhood is malleable. It is as expansive as our universe. And yet, western society has historically constructed strict categories of personhood–some people are seen as “others,” while non-humans are objectified. Photography has simultaneously been complicit in creating these limited perceptions and active in their demise. In this unique moment, how can photography help us expand our definitions of personhood? Through practice, can we learn to respectfully engage in relationships and conversations with all persons?

Kinship is about rhizomatic relationships–the multiple and non-hierarchical threads that connect us through interdependent partnerships. Life is a cooperative arrangement. Human becoming is a becoming-with. Through thoughtful engagement, rooted in humility and wonder, the living world is realized to be more than a passive contributor. Here photography helps us directly engage with the animate world, so that planets, places, and persons have agency and co-creative power. How can photography help us find new ways of collaborating and making meaning together?