The Jersey Shore was devastated by Hurricane Sandy, and remains under
threat from storms, erosion, and rising sea levels. Despite the
overwhelming odds, people repair and rebuild their homes on this
precarious land using a rudimentary elevation system. Houseraising is a
typology of these strange structures, and a harbinger of our
increasingly urgent battle with the forces of nature we have unwittingly
unleashed. Ira Wagner has been an Adjunct Professor of Photography at
Monmouth University since 2013 when he received an MFA from the
University of Hartford. George Marshall is the co-founder and Director
of Projects of Climate Outreach and author of Don't Even Think About It:
Why Our Brains Are Wired to Ignore Climate Change (2014).