The Laguna Canyon Project: Refining Artivism

Laguna Canyon Project
by Mark Chamberlain

2018, 9″x12″, 96 Pages, 130+ photographs,
ISBN: 978-09840007-4-6

In the early 1980s photographers Mark Chamberlain and Jerry Burchfield created “The Laguna Canyon Project” to challenge and prevent the suburban development of one of Southern California’s most iconic canyons and pristine open spaces. Combining artistic vision with political activism they produced a historic multi-phased environmental art project (1980-2010) that inspired Laguna Beach residents to take charge of their own destiny and to avert an ecological disaster. Containing more than 130 photographs and inspiring written pieces from artists, activists, and collaborators on the Laguna Canyon Project, this book is the first to provide a comprehensive photographic and written history of the historic movement.