Fishfarms: India. Forming My World View through Aquaculture in 1977 by Robert Glenn Ketchum

Fishfarms:  India

Forming My World View through Aquaculture in 1977 by Robert Glenn Ketchum

The second stop in my world tour with Thomas Mann’s daughter, Elisabeth Mann Borghese, to photograph aquaculture was India, a VERY different place than anywhere I had ever been.

~Robert Glenn Ketchum

Friday, November 10, 2023

Fishfarms: India, Forming My World View through Aquaculture in 1977, #7

India #7:  

It is a VERY long, hot day on our drive to Agra. The fact there is also a national election and the streets along the way are crowded with celebrations, makes our progress that much slower. Towards the end of the day, when it becomes clear the Janata party has won a major victory, the streets turn into bedlam. We have been in the car for hours, and I am beginning to wonder if we will ever get there, and then this appears. It is the Yamuna River, which runs through a portion of Agra. We are finally close. Elisabeth agrees that we will all stay overnight (our cab driver, as well), because driving back in the dark with all the election celebrating would be insane. Making a joke, the cab driver points to the activity on the river shore, and he says he knows the hotel is preparing for us, because they are washing our sheets. The fact is, because of the numerous tourism visits to the Taj Mahal, there are many hotels in Agra, and these workers ARE washing the hotel linen in the river. This gives Elisabeth and I some pause for thought, as most rivers in India are quite polluted with human waste, and if you look carefully upriver in this shot, you will see 8 head of cattle “bathing” just beyond where the sheets are being washed. Oh well! On to our hotel.

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Weekly Post, "The Chugach: Alaska’s Most Expansive Mountain Range" by Robert Glenn Ketchum

 The Chugach:  Alaska’s Most Expansive Mountain Range

by Robert Glenn Ketchum

Alaska’s most expansive mountain range at over 100-miles square. Dozens of summits rise above 10,000ft. and there is snow accumulation of 600 inches or more above 3,000ft.  

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Thursday, November 9, 2023

THE CHUGACH:  Alaska’s Most Expansive Mountain Range #32

CHUGACH: #32:  

After a bitterly cold night in the Chugach mountains, an inversion fog forms as the sun rises.

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Fishfarms: Russia. Forming My World View through Aquaculture in 1977 by Robert Glenn Ketchum

Fishfarms:  Russia

Forming My World View through Aquaculture in 1977 by Robert Glenn Ketchum

In 1977, I was commissioned by Elisabeth Mann Borgese to help do research, interviews, and take photographs for a book she was writing about worldwide aquaculture. It would be published by Harry N. Abrams, one of the world’s premier publishing houses, famous for their beautiful books. It would also involve around-the-world travel to 8 countries, and some of the most remarkable places I would ever visit. SEAFARM: The Story of Aquaculture was a very successful publication featuring over 100 of my images, and an exhibit I assembled with support from Nikon, became a Smithsonian traveling exhibition for 6-yrs., viewed by over 6-million people.

~Robert Glenn Ketchum

Thursday, November 9, 2023

Fishfarms:  Russia, Forming My World View through Aquaculture in 1977, #5

Russia #5:  

As the official car in which Elisabeth Mann Borgese and I are being driven into Moscow gets closer to city center, the “neighborhoods” where people live, give way to the dramatic architecture at the heart of the capitol. Many buildings built during the Stalin era, were designed to be ornately impressive, AND of notable scale. Our hotel is to be such a place, and we are informed that the location above is similar. It has a great ballroom where we will be hosted at a huge dinner, a few evenings from now. Against the morning sky it all seems a little like Gotham to me, but our new “friends” speak good English, know Elisabeth well, and seem very congenial, so I continue to shoot “discreetly,” and we motor on, soon to pass-by Red Square.

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Weekly Post, THE SONORAN DESERT: Visiting with Don Juan by Robert Glenn Ketchum

THE SONORAN DESERT: 
Visiting with Don Juan

by Robert Glenn Ketchum

In 1988, I was contacted by Luther Propst, Director of the Rincon Institute of Tucson, AZ, who asked me if I could help them devise a campaign to protect a part of Saguaro National Monument from a massive real estate development that would disrupt substantial habitat.  I did so, and we not only succeeded in mitigating the development, we added 30,000 acres to the monument, and got it upgraded to National Park status.  While doing this work, I fell in love with the Sonoran Desert, returning to it repeatedly, and visiting the many varied parts of it in Arizona, Mexico, and Baja, CA.  This is the tale of those visits. 
~Robert Glenn Ketchum

Wednesday, November 8, 2023

THE SONORAN DESERT:  Visiting with Don Juan #177

Sonora #177:

On one of the islands in the Sea of Cortez, a lush, and very diverse garden blooms out of the rocks.

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Weekly Post, GETTING LOOPY: Cruising One of North America’s Greatest Driving Loops by Robert Glenn Ketchum

 GETTING LOOPY:  Cruising One of North America’s Greatest Driving Loops

by Robert Glenn Ketchum

One of the greatest camping and hiking circuits to drive in the entire country, starts from my home in Los Angeles, passes through Nevada, into Utah, and on to Arizona, before heading back to LA. Along the way you can visit 3 state parks, 6 national parks, 1 national monument, and 1 national recreation area. If you wanted to put in some extra miles, you could add another national park, 2 more national monuments, and 2 more national recreation areas. I will call out the latter as we pass them, but my images will introduce you to all of the former. Come take a drive with me!

Wednesday, November 8, 2023

GETTING LOOPY:  Cruising One of North America’s Greatest Driving Loops, #122

GETTING LOOPY, #122:  

The red bluffs of Capitol Reef National Park framed nicely by this multi-trunked tree.

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Weekly Post, NO PEBBLE MINE Pictures From Ground Zero by Robert Glenn Ketchum (Posts #425+)

 NO PEBBLE MINE Pictures From Ground Zero by Robert Glenn Ketchum

Since 1998, I have been working to protect southeast Alaska, and the fishery of Bristol Bay. The fishery is an annually renewable, BILLION-dollar-a-year industry that employs thousands and thousands of workers in multiple states. 2021 provided the largest commercial salmon catch in history (64-million+). There is no intelligent reason to allow the proposed development of the Pebble mine to go forward and imperil these resources. The United Tribes of Bristol Bay, the United Fishermen of Alaska, Trout Unlimited, Trustees For Alaska, and the Natural Resources Defense Council, all oppose the development. Even Alaskan Senator, Lisa Murkowski, has stated her opposition. The momentum is building. Now is the time to SAY NO TO THE PEBBLE MINE permanently! 

~Robert Glenn Ketchum

Tuesday, November 7, 2023

NO PEBBLE MINE, Pictures from Ground Zero #574

NO PEBBLE MINE #574: 

Here is another big valley with a lot of colors and textures. This could easily be a tapestry.

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Weekly Post: The Piedras Blancas Ranch and San Simeon by Robert Glenn Ketchum

The Piedras Blancas Ranch and San Simeon

by Robert Glenn Ketchum

Photo

Intro

~Robert Glenn Ketchum

Monday, November 6, 2023

The Piedras Blancas Ranch and San Simeon, #1

San Simeon #1:  

Most people have heard of the Hearst Castle, San Simeon, and they know it sits above Highway #1 on the California coast. What many don’t realize is that the castle is but a small part of the total Hearst property that surrounds it. Hearst actually owns 89,000-acres, known as the Piedras Blancas ranch. The ranch is a working cattle ranch, but other exotic species have been introduced like buffalo, giraffes, and zebras. The ranch also supports some of the largest wildflower fields in the United States, such as the vast Goldfields bloom depicted here.

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Fishfarms: Thailand Forming My World View through Aquaculture in 1977 by Robert Glenn Ketchum

Fishfarms:  Thailand

Forming My World View through Aquaculture in 1977 by Robert Glenn Ketchum

In the late 1970’s Elizabeth Mann Borghese commissioned me to travel around the world with her to photograph aquaculture. This is our visit to Thailand.

~Robert Glenn Ketchum

Monday, November 6, 2023

Fishfarms: Thailand, Forming My World View through Aquaculture in 1977, #10

Thailand #10:  

For most of this day, Elisabeth, our guides, and I, have been motoring slowly northward on the Chao Phraya River, after leaving Bangkok. The day has been VERY hot and humid, so being on the river offers some relief. There is also a lot to see, as the river hosts a good deal of varied boat traffic, and we also pass quite close to the shoreline homes where families pursue their daily activities. Some of the smaller boats are farmers, paddling from house to house offering their harvest, an interesting form of grocery delivery. After a few breaks to eat and walk around in small villages, we finally approach the area of homes where our guides expect we will spend the night. Although still tropically hot, the last rays of the setting sun fade slowly into twilight, and being out on the river seems very peaceful. When we arrive at the home of our host family, it is a large stilt house, partially over the river, and they have a spicy regional meal of fish, rice, and greens prepared for us. The family is quite excited to have us as guests, and there is a lot of talking about our project, so I am surprised to learn that these hosts do not do aquaculture, which I thought was point of coming here. I am sure we will ultimately see something, so best just to enjoy the evening, and wait for the morning’s next adventure.

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Weekly Post, Denali: Crown Jewel of our National Parks by Robert Glenn Ketchum

Denali:  Crown Jewel of our National Parks

by Robert Glenn Ketchum

Starting in 1985, I spent 24yrs. visiting Alaska several times each year. Of the many places that I went, my favorite was to stay at Camp Denali, where I often lectured and taught workshops. These images were all created during those numerous visits.  

~Robert Glenn Ketchum

Monday, November 6, 2023

Denali: Crown Jewel of our National Parks #58

Denali #58:

Late in the afternoon, the sun breaks through the cloudy skies and lights up the fall tundra, but only those staying at Camp Denali an enjoy it because all the other visitors from hotels outside the park are headed back to their hotels. Camp Denali guests have Denali National Park to themselves.

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Weekly Post: THE TONGASS: Stop the Cut, There are Salmon in the Trees (#201+) by Robert Glenn Ketchum

THE TONGASS:  Stop the Cut, There are Salmon in the Trees

by Robert Glenn Ketchum

In 1985, I began a 2-year commission to explore the Tongass rainforest, the largest forest in the United States Forest Service (USFS) system AND the largest temperate rainforest in the world. It was a unique, old-growth environment under siege from industrial logging. The resulting investigative book I published helped to pass the Tongass Timber Reform Bill, protect 1,000,000 acres of old-growth, and create 11 new wilderness areas. This is the story of how that was achieved.

~Robert Glenn Ketchum

Tuesday, September 12, 2023

THE TONGASS:  Stop the Cut, There are Salmon in the Trees, #366

Tongass, #366:  

As I near the end of this Tongass blog, I am going to repost a number of images that marked the best of my various trip experience over the four years I spent working there. I was commissioned to work in the rainforest by Barney Mchenry who previously provided me with my Hudson River commission. Barney thought the best way to be introduced to the Tongass was aboard Boat Company boat which was owned by Michael McIntosh, so he introduced us. Michael was happy to have me join the other members of the boat, and one of the first places we visited was the very small community of Warm Springs. Warm Springs overlooked a large, and raging, waterfall, which Michael wanted to fish. When he got near the waterfall, the scale of my coming Alaskan adventure became clear.

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Weekly Post, Planetary Graffiti by Robert Glenn Ketchum

 Planetary Graffiti

by Robert Glenn Ketchum

Polaroid invented some unique films, and they worked with many artists to see how these products might be used. One of those films was a 35mm called PolaPan. It was a black & white film that came with a small processing box, so after you shot the roll, you could develop it on the spot. I had not shot any black & white for awhile, but this seemed interesting, so I wanted to work with it and they gave me several hundred rolls.  

~Robert Glenn Ketchum

Monday, July 31, 2023

Planetary Graffiti #14

PG #14

Mixed use terrain, Utah.

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The North Pole: Sitting on Top of the World by Robert Glenn Ketchum

  The North Pole:  Sitting on Top of the World

by Robert Glenn Ketchum

In 1998, and again in 2002, I had the opportunity to visit The North Pole, Franz Josef Land, Novaya Zemlya, and Yuzhny. Both times the journey was made possible aboard a nuclear Russian ice-breaker. These were unusual voyages into a strange-beautiful landscape, like no other on the planet, so hop aboard, and I will take you to some places you might not ever see otherwise.  

~Robert Glenn Ketchum

Thursday, July 27, 2023

The North Pole: Sitting on Top of the World, #93

NP #93

Just before entering the harbor in Mermansk, we had yet another unbelievable skyshow. In the mrorning we will awake for our departure. We will be processed through customs onboard, and then depart for a bus that will take us directly to our airplane, awaiting us on the runway for our flight home.

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An Alaskan Summer with Russell Daggatt, Kayaking, and Camping Adventures in Glacier Bay, and Hiking on Kruzof Island by Robert Glenn Ketchum

An Alaskan Summer with Russell Daggatt, Kayaking, and Camping Adventures in Glacier Bay, and Hiking on Kruzof Island 

by Robert Glenn Ketchum

To attempt some interesting kayak adventures, Carey and I needed a camp assistant, so Russell joined us to help.  

~Robert Glenn Ketchum

Friday, June 23, 2023

An Alaskan Summer with Russell Daggatt, Kayaking, and Camping Adventures in Glacier Bay, and Hiking on Kruzof Island #73

Glacier #73:

During breakfast the next morning, the rain started. It did not concern us, however, because soon our boat would come to take us back to Sitka, where we could spend the day eating in good restaurants, and sleep in a warm hotel bed, rather than a sleeping bag.

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