David T. Hanson: Witnessing Wasteland Born in Billings, Montana, in 1948, David T. Hanson’s artistic journey began not with a formal education or a grand ambition, but with an unsettling encounter – a stark vista of industrial decay amidst the vast Montana landscape. This initial observation, a collision between the rugged beauty of the American West and the brutal realities of resource extraction, would become the defining theme of his career, shaping his distinctive photographic style and cementing his place as a crucial voice in environmental art. Hanson’s early life instilled within him…