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Will Roger | |
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| Born | Will Roger Peterson |
| Occupation | Photography |
| Known for | Co-founding Black Rock City, LLC |
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Will Roger is an American photographer. He is one of the six founders of Black Rock City, LLC, the organization behind Burning Man.[1] His founding role was to plan and oversee the construction of Black Rock City each year. In 2019 he published a book of aerial photographs of Black Rock City.
Burning Man
[edit]Roger first attended Burning Man in 1994 where he met Larry Harvey, one of the event founders.[2] He continued to attend and in 1997 Roger created the Black Rock City Department of Public Works (referred to as the DPW), the volunteer workforce that runs Burning Man.[3] In 1999, Roger, Crimson Rose, Michael Mikel, Marian Goodell, Harley K. Dubois, and Larry Harvey founded Black Rock City LLC for the purpose of formally organizing the annual Burning Man event. The LLC became a subsidiary of the Burning Man Project in 2013[4][5] and Roger is a member of the Burning Man board of Trustees. He was expelled from the board in 2003[2] and reinstated at a later date.[when?]
Roger takes photographs using a drone during the Burning Man event, one of the few allowed to do so. In 2019, he published a collection of his aerial photography in a book titled Compass of the Ephemeral. His photographs document the transformation of the desert into Black Rock City and the intersection of art with the environment.[6]
He is a plaintiff in an ongoing lawsuit against the Bureau of Land Management concerning the building of a geothermal project nearby.[7][8][9]
Personal Life
[edit]He was married to photographer Marilyn Bridges from 1977 to 1987. In 2012, he married fellow Burning Man co-founder Crimson Rose. They live in Gerlach, Nevada.[8]
References
[edit]- ^ Shister, Neil (2019). Radical Ritual: How Burning Man Changed the World. Catapult. p. 24. ISBN 9781640093904.
- ^ a b Kane, Jenny (August 11, 2016). "Burning Man turns 30: The untold lives of Nevada's Burner royalty". Reno Gazette Journal. Retrieved September 27, 2024.
- ^ Simonson, Lily (October 27, 2011). "Working for The Man: Building Burning Man's Infrastructure". Art21 Magazine. Retrieved October 3, 2024.
- ^ Kane, Jenny (January 29, 2015). "Tax docs: Burning Man founders sold festival for $276K". Reno Gazette Journal. Retrieved October 3, 2024.
- ^ Redmond, Tim (February 16, 2015). "The secrets of Burning Man's money". 48 hills. Retrieved October 3, 2024.
- ^ Katz, Nancy (October 10, 2018). "Smallworks Press to Publish Book by Burning Man Co-Founder Documenting Evolution of Festival's Physical Space in Nevada's Black Rock Desert". Nevada Business Magazine. Retrieved October 3, 2024.
- ^ Jones Thompson, Maryann (March 13, 2023). "Burning Man Fights To Save Its New Home in the Old West". The San Francisco Standard. Retrieved September 27, 2024.
- ^ a b Conrad, Bob (April 5, 2023). "New plaintiffs sign on to lawsuit against BLM over Gerlach geothermal project". This Is Reno. Retrieved October 3, 2024.
- ^ Paul, Arielle (May 17, 2023). "Burning Man Becomes Latest Adversary in Geothermal Feud". The New York Times. Archived from the original on May 17, 2023. Retrieved October 3, 2024.