Do you have a favorite photography book you revisit over and over again? My latest acquisition was Alexandra De Steiguer's book Small Island, Big Picture. (You can read the post about her here...) I don't think there is a photographer alive that doesn't fantasize about having their work in a book someday.
My recent "pond paintings", which I spoke about yesterday, are another possibility. I have created several so far although all are still in the "in process" stage. It takes a great deal of time, I'm finding, to get the look right.
However, the abstract expressionistic paintings are delighting me in a way I could never imagined just a few months ago. This one reminds me of chalk pastel. I use to work a lot in pastel back in college and as I worked on this image I felt the same kind of freedom in the use of color and texture.
Time will tell if any of my recent work will find its way into printed form. I will certainly create some hand-made books of them. That is a wonderful alternative for the photographer, especially the accordion format. You can see the post I wrote about them here...
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Love this picture, Patricia. I wonder, is the line created by the water or is there a log underneath? And the colors are breathtaking.
If you do a book of your pond images, I'll be getting my copy! I love these pictures...
This image is made up of two pond photographs...on superimposed on the other. The line I think you are referring to is the edge of a snow area. I would love to do a book for The Poetry of Place. It would be quite an undertaking but I haven't ruled it out.
I too love that picture, Patricia, and how you're using your creativity to express your feelings about the pond.
Thank you Kim. This has been such a wonderful experience.
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