About me
Margaret Stratton is a photographer whose work responds to the changing landscape of the west; and explores how the language of photographic media can make a difference in public awareness of climate change. Her current work chronicles the blackened sites that remain after forest fires. As the West continues to go up in smoke, Stratton’s images tell the story of the loss of ancient forests and how the recovering burn scars leave traces for scientists and foresters to study fire behavior and manage megafires. Stratton’s work has been exhibited in the United States and abroad. She was the receipting of a 2024 John Simon Guggenheim Fellowship for Wildfire Prophecies, from Lands in the Public Trust. Her work in photography has been awarded two National Endowment for the Arts Awards: for Photography (National Endowment for the Arts Individual Award, Washington D.C., (1990), and New Genres, (National Endowment for the Arts Individual Award), Washington D.C. (1995). She lives in Camano Island, Washington with her cat, Beaumont Newhall.
