Susannah Sayler, Founder and Artist
Susannah Sayler's images of global warming have been exhibited in major art and science museums, galleries, public venues as well as in print media. As a travel photographer, Sayler has photographed for numerous guidebooks and magazines in the U.S., Europe and Asia. As an artist, she has exhibited her work throughout the U.S. and had her first show in Spain in 2005.
In recent years Sayler has been increasingly drawn to landscapes. She is interested in the way landscapes can be photographed to convey complex and subtle emotional content, not usually associated with nature photography - emotions like isolation, vulnerability or elation. As a teen, Sayler made a project of measuring the acidity in lakes and ponds near her house after hearing about the threat of acid rain. That impulse has recently been reawakened and combined with her technical interest in how to photograph landscapes.
Sayler has an MFA in Photography and Related Media from the School of Visual Arts. More of her work and a cv can be found at: www.saylerphotography.com.
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Edward Morris, Founder and Executive Director
Edward Morris co-founded The Canary Project in 2006 with his wife Susannah Sayler and assumed a director role in 2007. Morris was formerly a partner at the James Mintz Group, an international investigative firm. In 2004, he was one of the lead investigators in the impeachment inquiry of Connecticut Governor John Rowland and has managed investigations in a variety of complex litigation matters including, a multi-billion dollar antitrust case; defense of toxic tort claims; and patent infringement cases. Morris received a MA in Regional Studies: East Asia from Harvard University and a BA from Wesleyan University.
Morris became interested in gathering visual evidence of global warming after reading a series of articles on the subject by Elizabeth Kolbert. This interest became a passion after seeing the massive retreat of the Pasterze Glacier in Austria.
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Curatorial & Development Consultant Marisa Jahn is an artist, writer, and curator. In 2000, she co-founded Pond, a California-based non-profit organization dedicated to experimental public art. She has presented her work as a curator and artist at museums, galleries, festivals, and public spaces internationally. Jahn received her BA from UC Berkeley in Cultural Geography & Fine Art where she graduated with distinction as a Robert & Colleen Haas Scholar & an MS in Visual Studies from MIT.
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Craig Downs is the founder and Executive Director of Haereticus Environmental Laboratory, a non-profit organization dedicated to developing technologies and scientific methods that address environmental health concerns. This concept was inspired by his experience as CEO of EnVirtue Biotechnologies, Inc., which provided pro bono financial and technological services to organizations, communities, and governments facing environmental problems. Craig Downs has almost 40 peer-reviewed scientific publications and leads scientific research and environmental assessment efforts at a number of universities, including University of Hawaii and Tel Aviv University.
Peter Goldmark directs the Climate and Air program at Environmental Defense. He has had exceptional careers in the public and private sectors, including chairman and CEO of the International Herald Tribune, president of the Rockefeller Foundation and executive director of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey.
Gabe Nugent is an attorney with Hiscock & Barclay in Syracuse, New York. Gabe is providing legal advice and other guidance to The Canary Project.
Amy Smith is co-founder and director of Philadelphia's Headlong Dance Theater, a non-profit contemporary dance company. She also sits on the boards of Dance / USA, Dance / Philadelphia and Philadelphia Dance Projects.
Wendy Wheeler Smith is currently a candidate for a masters degree in Real Estate Development at New York University; her focus is sustainable building and development. Previously, she curated various exhibitions including "Future Ec(h)os" a sustainable design exhibit, which was part of the larger Renewable Brooklyn day-long festival. Smith has also worked in photography as an editor, studio director and producer in New York and Los Angeles.
Jerry Wattenberg, a former Managing Director at Goldman Sachs, founded JTW International, a high net worth consulting company in 2006.
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Paul R. Epstein, MD, MPH is Associate Director of the Center for Health and the Global Environment at Harvard Medical School and has worked with the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), the National Academy of Sciences, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to assess the health impacts of climate change and develop health applications of climate forecasting and remote sensing. Paul coordinated the project Climate Change Futures: Health, Ecological and Economic Dimensions, in collaboration with Swiss Re and the UNDP. Paul is helping The Canary Project coordinate with appropriate scientists and consulting on a variety of issues, including connections between given impacts and locations.
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We are in the process of recruiting writers, scientists, politicians, farmers and others to lend their voices to a book we ultimately will publish with Canary Project images.
Elizabeth Kolbert, author of Field Notes for a Catastrophe, and the New Yorker articles that inspired this project, has agreed to provide content for the book.
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Sarah Morris is a content developer, researcher, and copywriter. Interpretive exhibits are her specialty. Past projects include a visitor center in Louisiana's Atchafalaya Basin, an exhibit about animal research at the Buffalo Zoo, and a web site about rhythm and dance. She lends content guidance and an editorial eye to The Canary Project.
Chris Dierks is a non-profit development and design education consultant. He is a program coordinator for the Micropaleontology Project where he manages fundraising and content for a public science education project on climate change. He is also a development manager for HowStuffisMade, a web-based visual encyclopedia that documents the manufacturing processes, labor conditions and environmental costs involved in the production of contemporary goods. He was formerly the development coordinator for Storefront for Art and Architecture, a non-profit arts organization dedicated to advancing innovative art, architecture and design. He graduated with a B.A. in architecture from Princeton University.
Thomas Lee is a writer and corporate attorney based in San Francisco. He has worked at Davis, Polk & Wardwell and Manatt, Phelps & Phillips LLP. He is assisting The Canary Project with fundraising and development.
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Rey Kim comes from mutimedia art and statistics background and has been producing on- and off-line projects both in art and design for over 10 years. Her exceptional designs and creativitity have been adopted by clients ranging from Credit Suisse, Standard & Poor's, La Praire, London Fog, to the legendary Jazz musician Ornette Coleman. Her work can be viewed at webokraft.com
John McLord is a designer and graduate of Parsons the New School for Design. He is an information designer for Parsons Institute for Information Mapping, a think tank whose mission is to improve comprehension and analysis of complex data and ideas.
Dmitri Siegel is a designer and writer. He is an Art Director for the Sundance Channel, and creative director for Anathema. He is an adjunct faculty member of the Art Center College of Design and publishes Ante, a journal of visual culture.
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Ali Criscitiello is a PhD Candidate in Polar Climate Studies at Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory.
Justin Nobel is an Earth and Environmental Science Journalism masters student at Columbia University.
Kyveli Vezani studied Cognitive Science and Photography at Yale University. She will be attending NYU's Interactive Telecommunitations Program this fall.
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