David Taverner Hanson (born January 28, 1948) is an American environmental photographer known for his striking images documenting the impact of human activities on the natural world.
[1] His photographs of the coal strip mine, power plant, and factory town in Colstrip were subsequently exhibited at the Museum of Modern Art in New York in 1984 and 1986,[5][6] bringing widespread attention to his work.
Since the late 1980s Hanson has worked with regional and national environmental organizations and legislators on mining reform, hazardous waste issues, and energy production and climate change.
"[1] In 2016 Hanson published a retrospective volume of his work from 1982 to 1990, Wilderness to Wasteland, that was reviewed by Joyce Carol Oates in The New Yorker[2] and covered by Newsweek,[1] The Guardian, and other major media.
[9] The art historian Suzi Gablik said of his artwork, "The history of Western industrial society's assault on the earth and the devastation it has wrought are the subjects of Hanson's aerial photographs.