A Different Viewpoint, Golan Heights, Israel 2010, by Beth A. Gilbert

Contender Beth A. Gilbert spent six months in Israel in 2010 as part of her artist in residency in Jerusalem. During that time, she turned her large-format camera on the war-ravaged lands and ruins. The resulting images in Scarred Land "deal with war, the damage it inflicts upon the terrain and the natural recovery over time," Gilbert explains. She adds, "The battle sites and military training zones depicted have not been memorialized or preserved by human beings, and are now naturally recovering, as well as being reclaimed by the earth."

Debris, IDF Firing Zone, Gamla, Israel 2010, by Beth A. Gilbert

Beth Gilbert lives and works in Boston, Massachusetts. When not photographing, she also works as a digital technician specializing in portfolio and exhibition print production. Her work has been shown at the Boston University Photographic Resource Center, the Danforth Museum of Art and the Hadassah Gallery in Jerusalem, Israel.