One of Emmet Gowin’s “pairings” at the Hidden Likeness exhibition at the Morgan. At left, Hanford (WA), site of huge deposits of nuclear waste. (Photo rights reserved.)

We’ve got a great lineup coming of projects, recent exhibitions, and documentaries on five internationally recognized photographers who interpret, re-create and alter nature in highly personal ways:

Kumbh Mela 1. Haridwar, India, 2011 © Edward Burtynsky, courtesy Nicholas Metivier Gallery Toronto Howard Greenberg Gallery and Bryce Wolkowitz Gallery New York

Emmet Gowin, whose new exhibition Hidden Likeness at The Morgan Library is on view through Sept 20;

Sebastian Salgado, with a new bio-pic  Salt of the Earth, by his son Juliano, of Sebastian’s life and work;

Chinstrap penguins on an iceberg, between+Zavodovski and Visoko islands ©Sebastiao Salgado

Canadian Edward Burtynsky,  whose series on China, water, urban mines, tailings look at nature transformed by industry;

Virginia native Sally Mann, who melds a unique perspective of family, Southern life and landscape, plus  a new memoir Hold Still is just out;

Langurs (Photo by Joel Sartore Rights Reserved Joel Sartore/National Geographic)

National Geo’s Joel  Sartore, whose Photo Ark images of animals were projected onto NYC’s Empire State Building on August 1.