CONTINENTAL DIVIDE
Exhibit
Continental Divide is an exhibit of 30 large canvas photo prints that depict the land, wildlife and people of the borderlands of the United States and Mexico, and the impact that construction of a border wall is having on them. The images in the exhibit were taken primarily during a three and a half week expedition with Photographers of the International League of Conservation Photographers along the 2000-mile border between the United States and Mexico. The expedition included 13 photographers from both countries, as well as a group of scientists and filmmakers, who documented a diverse range of borderlands flora, fauna and cultures.
The exhibit debuted in April 2009 in the Rayburn House Office Building of the United States Congress, hosted by Representative Raul Grijalva. Since then Continental Divide has traveled to dozens of locations nationwide, including the US House and Senate, many universities and galleries.
If you are interested in showing the exhibit, please contact its curator and facilitator, Krista Schlyer, using the form at the bottom of this page.
Exhibit showing in the United States Senate
Previous Exhibit Shows
Rayburn House Office Building, US Capital, Washington DC, April 2009.
Jackson, Wyoming, May 2009.
Brentwood, Maryland, August 2009.
Greenwood, South Carolina, October 2009.
Russell Senate Office Building, US Capital, Washington DC, November 2009 on the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall.
Southern Arizona tour, December 2009.
G2 Gallery, Los Angeles, California, January 2010.
Universally of California, Riverside, Orbach Science Library, February - March 2010.
Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, April, 2010.
Washington Street Arts Center, Vermillion, South Dakota, September-October 2010.
Jackson, Mississippi, November 2010.
And many more shows in: Buchanan, Michigan; Tucson, Arizona; United States Senate, 2018; Elon University, State University of New York, New Paltz.
Road cut by US Border Patrol in violation of the Wilderness Act, Otay Mountain Wilderness, California. Photo by Roy Toft.
Boy playing near the border wall at the Pacific Ocean. Photo by Kevin Schafer
Musicians playing on the Mexican side of the border wall, Tijuana/San Diego. Photo by Krista Schlyer.
Border wall through the Gran Desierto, Sonora, MX/California, US. Photo by Kevin Schafer
El Pinacate Biosphere Reserve, Sonora, Mexico. Photo by Jack Dykinga
Border wall cutting through pristine desert in Sonora, MX/Arizona, US. Photo by Jack Dykinga.
Caldera in the El Pinacate Biosphere Reserve. Photo by Miguel Angel de la Cueva
A rare year round water hole just north of the border in the Sonoran Desert, Arizona. Photo by Krista Schlyer.
Mergansers in a desert oasis just south of the US-Mexico border. Photo by Roy Toft.
Tijuana Estuary. Photo by Roy Toft
A saguaro cactus, keystone of the Sonoran Desert. Photo by Chris Linder.
Young girl with her donkey in the arid hills of the Chihuahuan Desert, Mexico borderlands. Photo by Miguel Angel de la Cueva.
Border wall fragmenting some of the last native habitat in the Lower Rio Grande Valley, protected by the National Wildlife Refuge System. The wall a violation of dozens of environmental laws. Photo by Wendy Shattil.
A young javelina in the Lower Rio Grande Valley. Photo by Wendy Shattil.
Teddy bear cholla cactus in El Pinacate Biosphere Reserve on the Mexico-United States border. Photo by Claudio Contreras Koob.
For more information
If you’d like to learn more about the exhibit or to inquire about hosting a show, please contact me using this form.