Openings Connecting: bridges to nowhere

Tuesday, October 20, 2009

bridges to nowhere

back out "in the field" today,
stalking heron. caught a few
with the zoom, but needed a telephoto.

humanmade pieces pop in these wetlands,
and these brought alaska to mind.
the assosciation wouldn't have been there
a year or so ago.

12 comments:

ArtPropelledOctober 20, 2009 at 8:39 PM
I've been studying your photos of the bridge ..... the same bridge in different settings. You didn't carry the bridge from the field to the waters edge did you? LOL .... Jokes aside .... I enjoyed your words and your photos, Nancy.
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LawendulaOctober 20, 2009 at 8:47 PM
Wonderful pictures!
The last one is my favorite.
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Caterina GiglioOctober 21, 2009 at 6:14 AM
just wonderful! loved the joke above, no that is the ubiquitous Mi bridge isnt it? we had one on our lake when I was a kid, guess it really wasn't MY lake, but when you are a kid you don't know that! Mi is as beautiful as ever! thanks for taking me along on your walks! xo
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UnknownOctober 21, 2009 at 9:24 AM
Your "bridge" reminds me, somehow, of my little one and I noticing places around town "Where The Sidewalk Ends." Just magical.
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Renee HowellOctober 24, 2009 at 8:31 AM
so very, very nice. Transporting to the start and "end" of a journey.
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ELKOctober 25, 2009 at 4:43 AM
intriguing...calm......magical...thanks
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SethOctober 25, 2009 at 7:18 PM
Great photos...and I love the title of the post.
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S. EtoleOctober 27, 2009 at 10:15 AM
great "sight."
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LeslieOctober 30, 2009 at 4:48 PM
These photos are wonderful, and I love the post title too!
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layersNovember 5, 2009 at 1:35 PM
how interesting-- bridges to 'nowhere'-- and the effect time has had on them--weathered and worn...beautiful pictures.
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Lucky Dip LisaNovember 6, 2009 at 4:45 PM
Hmm...where's my comment? I was sure I left one here! I love bridges, especially old ones that tell the story of days past. Nice pics!
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JudyNovember 7, 2009 at 8:26 AM
Wow, the images of the bridges are so serene, i wonder what stories are behind them all.
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FOUR DIRECTIONS/FOUR VISIONS: Two Graces: First showing for me, JUNE 3, 2011

With no directions home, I found Taos in the late 60s. It felt like home immediately. It still does. I know this sentiment is familiar to countless others.

The mountain stopped me in my tracks, and I stayed for several years. Since that time, I circle back annually.

To me, that circle is symbolic of this body of work at Two Graces. This is a time in my life when I've been fortunate enough to experiment with art making. Not surprisingly, I found myself drawn back to the images in the Ektachrome slides that I'd taken in the early 80s of Chaco Canyon, the San Francisco de Asis Church, dusty roads, and the ever changing skies of Northern New Mexico. The spirit of this adobed land lingers in my core and manifests itself within these works.

This past Michigan winter was spent creating enlarged negatives from my thirty year old slides, pulling part of my past into the present via today's tools of scanner and computer. Using traditional silver-gelatin darkroom processes, these resurrected and modified negatives acquired a new life. The majority of these prints are the result of this mediated reincarnation.

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