recent studies

here's a couple of recent studies, different methods, figuring things out. One has the hydra/medusa thing going on.

These from yesterday at Riverside Cemetery in Lewiston.  Possibly my last chance to get out to shoot wet plate this year.

These are from last Sunday 09Oct2011 in downtown Auburn, when I had a student helping to guard my camera as I ran between it and the darkbox.  Beautiful warm sunny day.  I really liked being able to work in a populated place.

These are from last Sat (8Oct2011) in Greene at edge of Gulf Island Pond.  It is an impoundment above Lewiston/Auburn that suffers from a lack of dissolved oxygen - largely due to mill waste and agricultural runoff upstream.  They pump oxygen via bubblers at the bottom of the river to try to lift up the water quality, but GIP is one section of the river that is not classifiable under the Clean Water Act.  The worst classification is C, which applies to most of the industrialized sections of the river (all of it below Berlin, NH), GIP excepted (and a few others probably).

AZ Studies

Okay, so here are two studies that I have worked up for my Arizona landscape. The B+W one suggests a sort of retaining wall in the continuous conception of the space, or the top image as a painting within a painting, resting on a ledge. And no, that is not a dog turd, it's supposed to be  a piece of petrified wood.

The second image gives up on the idea of continuous space, and let's the two images just collide for what they are, with some obvious narrative possibilities (archeological strata, layering, erosion of time, man made imprint, etc.). Any feedback is appreciated and welcome.

Hope you are both well, and Happy Belated Birthday greetings, Mike! I like the new shots, they somehow remind me of those high res shots from the Moon, where there is a sense of the extraordinary in these direct, discovered moments. The B+W really throws them into a timeless context, and I really like how open they become. I guess that it shows me how much I have grown dependent on the identity of color to drive my thoughts about it (landscape).

okay, now I am rambling, and I need to go prep for class. Caio, talk with you both soon I hope.

these are from Friday - Durham River Park.