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...report in Nature suggests that such thinking is a myth. British scientists studied the pattern of soil erosion in the Patzcuaro basin, an area of southwestern Mexico that was a center of pre-Hispanic civilization. Sediment samples from the lake revealed that erosion rates were at least as high before as after the Spaniards' arrival. In fact, erosion appears to have fallen off after the conquest. The conclusion: a return to traditional farming methods is no guarantee of a return to Eden...
Mexico to which Strand devoted an entire portfolio in 1967, incorporates his most dramatic studies and most in-depth portraiture, Unequaled to any photo as the exhibition is "The Nets, Janitzio, Lake Patzcuaro" (Mexico `1933). Framing the glorious power of Tiepolo together with the social realism of Ben Shahs, Strand pictures a women on her knees spreading out fish to dry while the nets of the little fishing village, which are draped between wooden poles, from superimposed textures of romantic lace. From the upper lefthand corner, the clouds roll in, lighted by some heavenly power, fit for the play...
...right with eyes downcast leans against his bicycle and the stone wall behind him. The elements of the picture are related more than abstractly; the members of the family stand or sit, gaze or turn their heads with an awareness of the others. "The Nets" at Patzcuaro derive from the same community awareness. The woman lays her fifth for more than one; the nets belong to a village that celebrates festivals to the gods, yet fishes for the village welfare...
...Patzcuaro, Mexico...
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