Exploring changes in the natural and built environment, Footprint: Our Landscape in Flux uses stark and detailed imagery to examine how human activity reshapes landscapes over time. The photographs capture interplay between nature and human impact, revealing transformation and tension within various terrains.

Stuart Franklin’s careful sequencing of images highlights subtle and dramatic alterations in the environment, emphasizing temporal shifts and ecological fragility. The work culminates in a poignant meditation on the complexity of coexistence between urban development and natural elements.

The 144-page volume, published by Thames & Hudson in 2008, presents a definitive visual study suitable for readers interested in environmental photography and landscape change.