Juxtapositions

Do you have ongoing photoprojects? I don't necessarily mean the overarching kinds of projects that become major bodies of work over the course of time. What I am referring to today is just collections of similar photographs. Simple concepts you are aware of to help guide your shooting, focus your attention. Nothing too overthought. Textures, colors, signs of human presence, geometry, juxtapositions? Small photoprojects means that you should have something to photograph wherever you may find yourself and what ever camera or phone you may have with you.

Good light to you this weekend, fellow traveler.

 

The weasel

I have a couple of ideas about how I can move forward with this image. But, even if none of them pan out, this photograph is a nice record of a majestic tree. Another kind of imprint for me, trees. And, after the disturbing piece of short fiction I read last night before bed, I really needed to spend time with a stolid photograph like this to begin my day on the right path. It was a short story by Wallace Stegner, the one in which a boy traps a live gopher and feeds it to a weasel. The weasel's name was Lucifer. I don't particularly want to begin a day of making art with the image of Lucifer eating a live gopher in my head. A daily practice of reflection can be an effective way to banish the demons and get to work.