Lucas Foglia - Human Nature
Lucas Foglia/Fredericks & Freiser Gallery01Matthew swings between trees on the Lost Coast of California. Trained as a mechanical engineer, he spent two years sourcing his clothing, food, tools, and shelter from the wild.
Lucas Foglia/Fredericks & Freiser Gallery.02A researcher injects a saline solution to connect the electrodes to the electrical signals of Maggie's brain. Researchers at the University of Utah, working under Dr. David Strayer, are conducting studies measuring cognition in nature. The EEG cap and facial electrodes record brain activity as participants are exposed to different natural environments.A researcher injects a saline solution to connect electrodes to the electrical signals of Maggie's brain. She is a participant in a study led by researchers at the University of Utah, working under neuroscientist David Strayer, that measures cognition in nature. The EEG cap and facial electrodes record her brain activity as she is exposed to different natural environments.
Lucas Foglia/Fredericks & Freiser Gallery03Kate waits for a storm to pass in southern Utah while wearing an EEG cap and facial electrodes that record her brain activity. Researchers at the University of Utah, working under neuroscientist David Strayer, are conducting studies measuring cognition in nature.
Lucas Foglia/Fredericks & Freiser Gallery04Esme swims in a balcony pool at the Parkroyal on Pickering in Singapore. The hotel contains over 15,000 square meters of greenery, amounting to twice its land area. Completed in 2012, the hotel introduced the country's first solar-powered sky-gardens. Among its other energy conservation features are the use of automatic light, rain and motion sensors, rain harvesting, and recycled water.Esme swims in a balcony pool at the Parkroyal on Pickering in Singapore. The hotel contains over 160,000 square feet of greenery—twice its land area. Completed in 2012, it also introduced the city-state's first solar-powered sky-gardens.
Lucas Foglia/Fredericks & Freiser Gallery05Low and Ng landscape the first McDonald's with a green roof in Singapore. The Singapore Green Plan promotes the use of green architecture to conserve the environment.
Lucas Foglia/Fredericks & Freiser Gallery06In the United States each year, an average of more than 73,000 wildfires burn about 7 million acres of land. In the recent fires in California, more than 5,700 structures were destroyed. To prevent wildfires in many landscapes, Forest Service employees like Jason (pictured) perform controlled burns between fire seasons, when the land is wet enough that fires don't go out of control.Jason, a Forest Service employee, lights a controlled burn in California. To prevent wildfires, the Forest Service performs controlled burns between fire seasons.
Lucas Foglia/Fredericks & Freiser Gallery07Farmers use ice to protect orange trees from cold winter temperatures in the Central Valley of California.
Lucas Foglia/Fredericks & Freiser Gallery08Michael picks cotton in Texas. As the Ogallala aquifer dries up, farmers are increasingly turning to wind farms for income.
Lucas Foglia/Fredericks & Freiser Gallery09Dave and Jenny during a swimsuit shoot on an abandoned farm in California. After years of drought, many farms in California were abandoned or left fallow. Even now with the rains returning, farmers fight for water rights; some make extra money by renting their land as a backdrop for photo and film shoots.Dave and Jenny during a swimsuit shoot on an abandoned farm in California. After years of drought, many farms in California were abandoned or left fallow. Even now with the rains returning, farmers fight for water rights; some make extra money by renting their land as a backdrop for photo and film shoots.
Lucas Foglia/Fredericks & Freiser Gallery10A machine samples air at Mauna Loa Observatory in Hawaii for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
Lucas Foglia/Fredericks & Freiser Gallery11Chance and Patrick launch an ozonesonde balloon for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration in Colorado. The Trump administration has proposed cutting the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's budget by 17 percent, including a 26 percent cut to research.
Lucas Foglia/Fredericks & Freiser Gallery.12An elk taxidermy graces the halls of the Game and Fish Department in Pinedale, Wyoming. In order to catch people hunting off season, rangers bring the elk taxidermy into the wild and wait for someone to shoot it.
Lucas Foglia/Fredericks & Freiser Gallery13Uwe measures the velocity of a glacier for the Juneau Icefield Research Program in Alaska. Every summer since 1946, members of the Juneau Icefield Research Program have traversed the icefield, contributing to the oldest continual study of a glacier in the Western Hemisphere.
Lucas Foglia/Fredericks & Freiser Gallery14Kenzie hangs from a safety rope inside a melting glacier. She is with the Juneau Icefield Research Program, in which students assist scientists in climate research.
Lucas Foglia15*Human Nature*, Nazraeli Press, 2017
