Marion Belanger is a photographer whose work captures the intersection of geology, culture, and the built environment. With a focus on contested and transforming landscapes, she explores how human activity reshapes the natural world while documenting the enduring power of the land itself. Her projects often span vast geographic and conceptual territories, from the wetlands of the Everglades—both preserved and drained—to the tectonic edges of the North American Continental Plate at the San Andreas Fault and the Mid-Atlantic Rift in Iceland. Belanger’s work has been recognized with a John Simon Guggenheim Fellowship, the Shpilman International Prize for Excellence in Photography, multiple fellowships from the American Scandinavian Foundation, and grants from the Kittredge Foundation, Puffin Foundation, Artist Resource Trust, and the State of Connecticut. She is the author of Everglades: Outside and Within (essay by Susan Orlean), Rift/Fault (essay by Lucy Lippard), and Garden, Ranch House, and Edge. Her photographs resonate with audiences for their meticulous craftsmanship, evocative vision, and the way they merge scientific observation with cultural narrative. Belanger resides in Guilford, Connecticut, where she teaches at the Hartford Art School and in Wesleyan University’s Graduate Liberal Studies Program. She actively collaborates with fellow artists through collectives such as The Birthday Club and Environmental Photographers, and her community-based Mycelium Project—a work addressing climate change and environmental toxins—is currently a semi-finalist for the Creative Capital grant.