Deborah Bright

n creating her battleground panoramas Deborah Bright contrasts the present day beauty of Civil War sites with the violent actions that took place there in the past, noting, “I wanted to photograph historic battlefields in a manner that conveyed this dissonance between the material aspect of the contested terrain (as seen in the historic present) and the horrific destruction of human life that transpired there.” Her photographic lineage amid the history of 19th-century panoramic photography is emphasized by the incorporated descriptive text.