No.464 Stephen Trimble, 2008

File — Box: 60, Folder: 7

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

Trimble (b.1950) recalls his childhood in Denver, Colorado, as the son of a geologist who did field work in the summers, taking his family along. He discusses his family, his school years, and his early experiences with environmental activism. Other topics include the Sierra Club, David Brower, Friends of the Earth, Glen Canyon, the Galapagos, working with the National Park Service, Outward Bound, photography, oral history, and the politics of rhetoric. He also details how his books have come about and describes his relationship with other writers. Trimble discusses photography, his decision to sell two photographs to Marlboro Company for their cigarette advertisements, and how he came terms with that decision. He discusses the notion of eco-porn and the generation of photographers who made a living photographing landscapes in the West. He talks about his current work as a Stegner Fellow at the University of Utah.
Utah Environmental Project.
Interviewer: Rob DeBirk

Dates

2008

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