09/03/2026
The College of Environment and Design is excited to present "An Unflinching Look: Elegy for the Wetlands," a photographic essay by Benjamin Dimmitt, now on display at the Circle Gallery in the Jackson Street Building. The collection will be on view through October 17, and a lunchtime artist's talk will be held in the gallery on Thursday, Sept. 17.
"An Unflinching Look" is an examination of a unique North American ecosystem in decline, investigated through eighty-five duotone photographs, scientific analysis, and critical interpretation. The project’s focus is the area of the Chassahowitzka National Wildlife Refuge on Florida’s Gulf Coast and the history and fate of its wetlands. Dimmitt began photographing in the salt-damaged sawgrass savannas and spring creeks there as a way of examining and reckoning with the ecosystem loss and of understanding what was becoming of his native Florida. To document the progress of the saltwater intrusion, Dimmitt has rephotographed landscapes that he first photographed more than forty years ago.
Visit the JSB Monday–Friday from 9 AM to 5 PM to experience and engage with this thought-provoking exhibit, and join us Sept. 17 at 11:30 AM for lunch and an artist's talk. See more at
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