Archive for 2010

The Boulder Theater

Friday, December 10th, 2010

The Boulder Theater is a local landmark. It has gone through several incarnations since its opening as the Curran Opera House in 1906, including opera house, movie theater (dating back to the silent film era) and concert hall. Today it is a popular entertainment venue and community gathering place. The distinctive art deco facade with its terra cotta and glass tiles was added when the building was expanded and remodeled, reopening in January of 1936.

This photograph was made at twilight, just after the marquee lights were turned on. The red of the neon lights was so brilliant I could almost imagine them giving off heat.

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Presence IV

Friday, December 3rd, 2010

Although this image started out as two separate photographs, it’s no longer a photograph in the traditional sense. This “landscape” existed only in my mind’s eye. The foreground is a mirror montage constructed from a photograph of some waves in a rock formation taken during a trip to Moab, UT last spring. (To see more mirror montages, visit the Canyon Spirits post and gallery.) When I first saw the montage, I pictured a landscape and even imagined walking (carefully!) into it. While it looks forbidding and dangerous, there is also something about it that draws me in. I knew that I wanted to add a sky above it but it took several months to find one that worked for me. The sky in the image above is also a mirror montage constructed from a photograph of a cloud. After trying several possibilities – both straight cloud photographs and mirror montages – this was the one I liked best. Converting the overall image to black and white further abstracts it away from any earth-bound interpretation and enhances its spiritual quality.

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Celebrate What’s Right

Friday, November 26th, 2010

Dewitt Jones, internationally-known photographer and motivational speaker, has a new project. Each week he posts a new image along with a message on the theme “Celebrate What’s Right with the World.” Dewitt’s posts offer an opportunity to take a moment to be grateful for all that we have, even in these difficult times. You can check out his images and messages at www.celebratewhatsright.com and sign up to receive them each week via email.

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