The Evolution of Ivanpah Solar

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Photographer

Jamey Stillings
Date of Photograph

2012-2013
Technical Info

Digital Capture
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Website

https://jameystillings.com/

"The Evolution of Ivanpah Solar" is an aerial survey of the Ivanpah Solar Electric Generating System under construction in the Mojave Desert. When complete in late 2013, Ivanpah Solar will produce 377 megawatts of electricity, enough power for 140,000 American homes.

Biography

Jamey Stillings' multi-decade career spans documentary, fine art, and commissioned work. Since 2010, he has focused on renewable energy through an extended aerial photography project, Changing Perspectives: Renewable Energy & the Shifting Human Landscape. Stillings has photographed extensively over the United States, Japan, Uruguay, and Chile from helicopters and light airplanes. New US-based and international chapters of Changing Perspectives are under development.
Awards

Selected Awards 2024 Athens Photo Festival Book Award, Finalist 20th Pollux Awards, 2023, First Place, Documentary & Reportage, Professional International Photography Awards, 2023, Professional: Book, Monograph, Honorable Mention Photolucida Critical Mass TOP 50, 2023, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2013, 2012, 2010 APA Awards 2017, Photojournalism and Editorial International Photographer of the Year 2016, First Place, Editorial: Environmental International Photography Awards 2016, Professional: Book Photographer of the Year, and Professional: Book, Monograph, First Place APA Awards 2016, First Place, Documentary/Editorial The Photo Review 2016 Competition, First Prize PDN Photo Annual, Photo Books, 2016