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And we all rush away
I was driving home from a weekend trip, and this place flashed by on my left, which meant that I made one of those photographer’s u-turns to get back to it.
It’s spring and the snakes are waking up, so I carefully picked my way across the weeds, watching for slithering movement by my feet. A nearby bunny startled me, but I didn’t see any snakes. I didn’t see too much of the building, either, because of that barbed wire fence guarding the place.
Dodson Prairie, Texas
photographed 4.16.2017
Architectural element and the sky
The bright sun made the stucco slightly reflective. The black and white processing made the blue sky almost black.
Nothing happened to the satellite dish. As far as I know.
Lubbock, Texas
photographed 4.11.2017
Breakdown
Yes, there I was, looking through another dusty window of another out-of-business restaurant.
How did that get to be a thing?
Lubbock, Texas
photographed 4.11.2017
If I ever needed you
I think this person probably sensed I was back there, taking pictures. It seemed like I was there for about an hour, waiting on just the right pose. I’m not saying this is the right pose; all I’d admit to is that it is a pose…
Union Station
Los Angeles, California
photographed 2.18.2017
So, this happened
The Buddy Holly Center, here in Lubbock, sponsors a biennial photography competition called Illuminance. Brett Erickson was the juror and he selected “A Musical View” as the theme of the show. His juror’s statement said, “Music and photography have been long linked; Ansel Adams frequently equated the variation in black and white images to the keys on a piano. Yet the relationship is more complicated and nuanced than the analogy implies, and this show invites photographers to explore the intercourse of tone, color, and image in all its powerful permutations.”
That was hard to understand, and it took me a while to to find images that felt musical to me, but that weren’t photos of music or musicians. I eventually settled on my entry, choosing a wider-than-normal set of photos that I thought met the spirit of the call for entries.
The results were announced last week.
This shot, from February, was awarded an honorable mention:
All But One – Lubbock, Texas
My photo that I made during the workshop with Sam Abell in February was awarded second place:
That One Particular Orange – Santa Monica, California
That very happy news was in the first email I got. Then later, another email arrived with even more news – that four more of my images had been accepted:
Light, where once was darkness – Jordan River, British Columbia
One Tree – Lubbock County, Texas
Cowboy, framed – Denver, Colorado
In the room of sorrows – Santa Fe, New Mexico
I am astonished and humbled by these selections for the show.
Now, it’s no secret here on the blog that Brett and I are good friends. But that’s not how I got into the show: he didn’t know who any of the photographers were, and in fact, didn’t even know until I told him last night how many of my images had been selected. His exact words were, “Dude, you got SIX in?” (He was kind enough to not say out loud, “Oh, no. I think I’ve made a terrible mistake.”) Seriously, though, my meeting Brett, first through our blogs and then through classes and shows, has been a pivotal part of my evolution as a photographer. He challenges me, and teaches me, and inspires me.
The show will be up from the first of June through July 22. If you’re in Lubbock, please stop by.
