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I had the incredible opportunity to be a on the panel at the SMFA as a the only photographer reviewer for the Photography department at SMFA in April 2024. It was an honor to be chosen and be part of the incredible panel in the creative industry!

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PRESS RELEASE OPENING RECEPTION SUSTAINABLE PHOTOGRAPHY MONA MIRI

“ This exhibition is a collection of sustainable photographs by Mona Miri. It is a collection of work representing the environmental landscapes and sustainability work of Mona Miri, throughout her career as a Sustainability Fine Art Photographer. The work is to represent the constant change of the landscape, our Planet, and the delicate state it is in. Even in the midst of a polluted and industrial landscape there is still beauty to be seen. The before and after of the remediation of the Landfill park is relieving to view, yet the contrast of the Ice from a century past is hard to observe. With the help of Arbor Day Foundation there will be trees planted for the show as well as the off set of carbon emissions footprints for the production. This has been one of Mona’s Miri’s signature sustainability factors in the production of her work since 2009, as well as the renewable resource of material used, and the importance of the subject matter, our delicate planet.“

There will be an opportunity to sign up to plant trees and with every purchase a tree will be planted on the person’s behalf. Please join the reception on April 18th 2024 from 6-8 PM.

Sustainable Photography April 5th - May 5th 2024 Reception April 18th 2024 15 Channel Center st. Studio #407 Boston Ma. 02210

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Sustainable Gallery Wall!

A few pieces on my Gallery Wall this Earth day. Available online on my website below. Every year since 2009 I’ve partnered up with the Arbor Day foundation and donate to plant 25 trees in our National Forests. Throughout the year I’ve supported their other programs like urban gardening and revitalizing our neighborhoods with green planting. Please help this Earth Day and month with $1 you donate, you can download a personalized Landscape Card. Please visit my website for more information! 

www.monamiri.com 

Thank you very much and Happy Earth Day and Earth Month! 

XO,

Mona 

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Happy Earth Day 2023! I started this project, Freshkills Park Project in 2011 photographing in the outskirts of the William T. Davis Wildlife refuge and around the Freshkills Landfill. It was not fully open to the public yet and all the mounds of trash was not fully remediated then. What was then Freshkills Landfill, one of the largest Landfills in the World, is now a beautiful 2,200 acres of park land. All of New York City’s residential trash was brought here. The Landfill was in operations from 1948 to 2001 when it closed and began it’s clean up. This is one of the most successful and innovative Landfill to Park remediation projects in such a grand scale.

It wasn’t until 2018 when I started volunteering for the Freshkills Park Alliance and NYC parks and Recreations, as a photographer and attended their public tours of the park. It was astonishing the current sustainable design, to what I’ve seen in the landfill’s history and timeline.It is with this park’s design and remediation that can make the difference in sustainability. I attended as many tours as I could so I could document the many areas available to us to observe. The vast landscape, a green meadow that hardly felt like you were in Long Island and 3 times as big as Central Park. It was beautiful. It is hard to imagine that 29,000 tons of garbage was brought here every day, and now it was below our feet. There is the North, South, West, and East mound, that are all covered and remediated. On each mound, you can see many gas wellheads stationed to extract and monitor CO2 coming from the trash below. Since 2012-2018, CO2 has been extracted from the ground, into a nearby plant on site. It is captured at the plant and transferred to the nearest National Grid and supplied to nearby homes with gas and heating.

Throughout the park there are also many water wells which monitor and measure the water’s contamination level. It is mainly to monitor the freshwater below and the Leachate that develop at the bottom of the capped landfill. Leachate is the result of water and residue contamination of the landfill. This is when contamination can happen in fresh water and can leak into the wetlands.

Freshkills park stands as the example of many landfills to remediate, this is one of the solutions that’s a positive step to a brighter and more sustainable future. We can look and observe this park, research and change, the aspects that can be refined. It is the path to a hopeful and sustainable future.

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June 5th is World Environment Day or aka Human Environment Day. When we think of it as the "human environment" it is all the elements and impact that we, as humans, has had on Earth. This is a wake up call when we really think how much we have influenced, our Mountains, our Glaciers, our Forests, our oceans.. Let's think about our responsibilities everyday that we carry, and how can we make a difference in our daily responsibilities and make a change? Today at the Rockefeller Center the creative flags will be up again one last time in support for our environment in partnership with UNEP, Rockefeller Center and the Climate Museum. It is such an incredible opportunity to be able to show my work in the heart of New York City. Theme for the installation and for the Stockholm conference is #onlyoneearth, the most important factor, our home.  Love, Mona Miri 

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My Sustainable photography work is up at Rockefeller Center for the month of April! Kicking off #earthmonth 193 Artworks were made into 8’x5’ eco-friendly flags, a temporary art installation, to represent “Only one Earth” a theme of the Stockholm 50 conference on World Environment Day. The Flag project is a UNEP partnership with the Climate museum, and Rockefeller Center New York, bringing the community of artist of all ages and disciplines together. I’m so grateful and over the moon with this amazing chance to show my work in the heart of New York! See you in New York City! #rockcenter, #rockefellerplaza #topoftherock #flagproject #sustainability #ecofriendly #art #photography #ecophotography #climatechange #environment #planetearth #ice #fineartphotography #landscapephotography #landscape #love #monamiri

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2020 NEWS

I’m very honored my Photograph, “ Melting Glacier - Iceberg lake MT “ was accepted in Earth Photo, an incredible International Exhibition which kicked off last year in London at the Royal Geographical Society, exhibiting from July 6th - August 22nd 2019 and went on tour from July 6th - September 4th 2019 at Fineshade Wood, Corby Forest, September 30th - December 15th 2019 at Moors Valley Country Park & Forest, Dorse, lastly the last stop of the tour which is on now, from December 19th - April 28th 2020 at Grizedale Forest, Cumbria Forest. It’s the perfect ending to an incredible year long tour, completing throughout Earth Month and after Earth week 2020!

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I’m very honored to announce Diptych - “ Melting Glacier - Iceberg lake MT “ was accepted in Earth Photo, an incredible exhibition which kicks off in London! At the Royal Geographical Society, exhibiting from July 6th - August 22nd 2019. A private viewing tomorrow June 26th kicks off the event. The RGS is one of the oldest educational institutions which emphasizes on Geography and Geology in the UK. Amongst the most well known geologist who have studied there since 1863, RGS is an honorable institution to have my work accepted and represented.

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Sustainable Photography Solo Show at the Assemblage Envoy Gallery at the Boston Seaport District in April 2019. It was an incredible month and a dream come true. All my Fine Art Photography work is sustainable and eco-friendly made on Fine art Bamboo paper, Reclaimed Barnwood and hand-made. 120 trees planted on Earth day with the Arbor Day Foundation as well as offset of carbon emissions through Sterling Planet. Thank you for all the great Love and support in making this a successful opening and show!

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HAPPY EARTH DAY!!🌏🌲💗 I’m so ecstatic with the help of you and signing up for my email list and becoming a member, I have already planted 60 trees during the month of April for Earth Month! I will match this today and bump it up to 120 trees for Earth day and Earth week! If you haven’t yet please sign up in my Bio above, 1 Tree + $1, in the replanting and reforestation efforts 🌳. Today I will match your $1 and as a gift you’ll receive a certificate of where your tree is planted as well a fine art sustainable card courtesy of me. This year the trees will be planted in the Chippewa National Forest in Minnesota. Let’s make a huge difference in helping our precious Planet. Let’s keep the momentum going throughout the year and keep our efforts growing as a movement in the masses. This is the only way, when we all put in 1 action or more to make a great impact! 🌏💗   

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I'M EXCITED TO PRESENT MY SOLO PHOTOGRAPHY SHOW CALLED    

"SUSTAINABLE PHOTOGRAPHY"

OPENING NEXT WEEK ON APRIL 5th - 23rd. IT'S A SPECIAL EVENT DURING EARTH MONTH AND EARTH DAY, CELEBRATING OUR PLANET AND MY ECO-FRIENDLY PHOTOGRAPHY. COME JOIN ME, ON APRIL 6TH OPENING RECEPTION FROM 6-8,  AT THE ASSEMBLAGE GALLERY AT ENVOY SEAPORT - 70 SLEEPER ST. BOSTON MA. FOR THIS EXCITING EXHIBITION! I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU THERE!

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I’m excited to have my work up at Coldwell Banker in the South End! Part of their Art lending program, three large format pieces are up in their main conference room from March 7th-August 26th! Opening Reception is this Sunday on March 10th from 4-6 pm at 10 Berkeley St. Boston 02117. Please stop by! 

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Great things to report starting 2019! I will be at the Isabella Steward Gardner Museum this Saturday January 19th from 1-3pm. I will be a “Living Room Host” presenting my Sustainable Photography Book and a collection of my photographs, in their Lounge Library room. This is a casual event and if you are in the area or would like to visit a museum please stop by! 

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Happy Holidays and a Merry Christmas! A year end events at Row 34 was a success! A wonderful pop up event I was so grateful to be part of! many thanks to the Fort point community! 

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