Each of the artists featured in de terra hone in on this union either through the direct depiction of a landscape or through the artists’ hand. Umbrico and Flick demonstrate an interaction with the Earth that is once removed. Both artists create their environments, utilizing various photographs to arrange a landscape that can only exist by their own making. Mankind's influence can reshape and shift an already present world. 

Eggleston and Parr showcase the ironies of this relationship. Humanity makes its presence known and the uncanny blurred line between artificial and natural is very much in your face. Mankind is abrupt and takes up space. Bravo, Hido, Iturbide, and Kawauchi tap into the nuanced consequences of this synthesis. Humanity and the natural world push and pull, and live within the limits of compromise. Additionally, Callis, Carter, Müller, and Narahashi exhibit the convergence of human beings and the landscape. Mankind exists, but only within the boundaries in which the Earth sets out for us.