Yaozhi Liu

School of Art, Photo/Media, MFA2

There it is Take it!

There it is, Take is! is a photography project of the overall geological and historical features about the Los Angeles Aqueduct, which is built from Owens valley, Inyo county to San Fernando valley, LA county. The water from the aqueduct flows across the desert and through the Transverse Ranges into San Fernando Valley, over 400 miles with different climates and ecosystems. As a result of the aqueduct, the ecosystem and economy in the Owens Valley collapsed rapidly in the next 10 years, and the Owens Lake was desiccated in 1924 and became a huge dust bowl until today. In a relatively neutral viewpoint, this project wants to reveal the structures of LA aqueduct, includes siphons, dams, reservoirs and canals, the surrounding environments of the aqueduct, from eastern Sierra to Santa Clarita valley, and the history of the aqueduct by using historical documents and archival photographs. 

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