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He was an early civil rights and anti-apartheid activist, has participated in the many social justice ventures of the Solidarity Committee of the Capital District, and has served for decades as an elected leader of United University Professions the SUNY faculty-professional staff union that is affiliated with the American Federation of Teachers.

Toggle navigation. However, his surf board matches the colour of the sand, blending into the background. The choice of matching and non-matching colours has been done in order to show the personalty and the characteristic of the subject. This suggests that he is adventurous; his surf board blends in with the beach scenery, implying that's where he belongs and he feels safe there.

His clothing matches the hills, suggesting that he also enjoys spending time there, hiking and exploring. He is familiar with his surroundings and feels at home there. This is another image depicting culture from Fabrice. This picture was taken in India, capturing their traditions as well as there scenery. The two pictures that have been put together do not match in terms on context but do physically.

He has chosen to put these two photographs together to give the viewer insights on their religion and traditions as well as their mountains and nature scenes all at the same time. In order to make these two pictures go together, Fabrice had to consider the colours that are found in both. The blue water from the photograph with the man matches the background in the photograph of the mountain.

Rather than showing the greyish colour of the rocks on the mountain, Fabrice edited it and made it more of a blue colour so it matches the picture on the right. The subject has been captured with his face covered so that the viewer is distant from the subject. Fabrice Wittner is an artist with a cause. Well known for his interest in raising awareness and prevention for climate change , the French artist and photographer found a way to bring together two of his passions: art and activism.

Through a combination of environmentally friendly leatherette stencils atop low-pollution prints, Wittner turns breathtaking photos of the Northern Lights into an homage on Inuit iconography. The prints could certainly stand alone on their artistic merit, but Wittner takes his process a step further, by superimposing Inuit images on top of the prints and then illuminating them with a light source such as a small torch.

The result is a beautiful tribute to traditional Inuit culture and life in the Arctic that seems to leap out of the print. Read Edit View history. Tools Tools. Download as PDF Printable version. In other projects. Wikidata item. American historian born This biography of a living person needs additional citations for verification.