It is our alarming misfortune that so primitive a science has armed itself with the most modern and terrible weapons, and that in turning them against the insects it has also turned them against the earth.

— Rachel Carson, Silent Spring (1962)

Changing Seas (2022-Ongoing)

Changing Seas continues Bloomfield's deep interest and exploration of the environmental landscape. In 2023, Bloomfield returned with her family to Woods Hole, Massachusetts, a place she has visited for forty years. As Hurricane Lee approached the coast, she felt compelled to photograph the sea’s transformation. During one of these walks along the shore, she discovered a bronze statue of Rachel Carson facing the ocean. Encountering the statue felt like meeting an old friend, Bloomfield writes, “Two lives intersecting across time, both drawn to the same shore.” Carson first came to Woods Hole in 1929 to study at the Marine Biological Laboratory; she returned often to continue her research and writing, as Debra continues to do so for her ongoing Changing Seas project.