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Jared Bramblett

Mean High Water: Tracking sea level rise in the Holy City

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An engineer-photographer looks at tidal flooding on the South Carolina coast

Jared documents Charleston’s rising tides through a creative lens to show how flooding is evolving over time.

About the speaker

Jared Bramblett is an photographer and engineer based in Charleston, SC.

He received a BS in Civil and Environmental Engineering from the University of South Carolina in 2006. As a Civil Engineer, he works with the design & management of land and infrastructure with a primary focus on stormwater management, flood mitigation, resiliency, and sustainability. He’s always been fascinated by the push and pull between us and nature - how we build upon one another. His photographs are often a study of the seams where natural and constructed environments conjoin.

In 2020, Jared launched Mean High Water, a project documenting the impacts of sea level rise and flooding in the South Carolina Lowcountry.

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