Banerjee, Subhankar

Subhankar Banerjee is an Indian born American photographer, writer, activist and environmental humanities scholar. He has been a leading voice on issues of Arctic conservation, indigenous human rights, resource wars, and climate change. He has also done work in the American Southwest that addresses desert ecology and forest deaths from climate change, and recently started a project to address climate change impacts and politics of ecology in the coastal temperate rainforests in the Pacific Northwest. His research focuses on the intersection of art, ecocultural activism and environmental humanities. Subhankar’s photographs, writing and lectures have reached millions of people around the world. Following a six–month residency as a Visiting Fellow at Clare Hall, University of Cambridge, on 15 August 2016, Subhankar joined the University of New Mexico as the Lannan Foundation Endowed Chair and Professor of Art & Ecology.

Episodes:
Subhankar Banerjee, Nancy Raven, Boy Kong, The Musical Instrument Museum
Frank Buffalo Hyde, Anne Cole, Subhankar Banerjee