Tag: black and white
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Rural Skyline #2 | Govan, WA | 2018 I stood leaning on the car in a gravel pullout to watch clouds stream behind “downtown” Govan. Probably not more than 10 people live there, but on this particular afternoon at least one of them was listening to classical music. The recorded piece, rising and falling on…
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Rural Skyline | Waterville, WA | 2017 Heading west, the first signs of town are the grain elevators. The lights on top ward off crop dusters but are also welcome beacons to weary travelers trying to beat a winter storm. Night falls at 4:30 pm, so lights blaze, too, at main street’s essentials — library,…
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Turbines | Ellensburg, WA | 2017 Geez, it’s friggin’ freezing on the patio of the visitors center of the Wild Horse Wind Farm. The west wind streams relentlessly — 20 mph? 30 mph? — to give in-your-face meaning to “current of air.” It just won’t let up. A giant arctic parka braced at the railing…
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Library Chair | Wenatchee, WA | 2017 “The library card is a passport to wonders and miracles, glimpses into other lives, religions, experiences, the hopes and dreams and strivings of ALL human beings. It is this passport that opens
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Winter Farm | Waterville, WA | 2016 “A good friend insists that in a certain faraway land the cold is so intense that words freeze as soon as they are uttered. After some time, they then thaw and
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Cinema | Wenatchee, WA | 2016 Lump them all together. A thousand cable channels, hundreds of satellite TV and radio stations, dozens of streaming services, scads of video rental machines, gazillions of $5 DVDs in discount stores. For me, none has delivered the visceral, sensory impact of watching a good ol’ movie in a nearly…
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9 Souls | Waterville, WA | 2016 I never knew these people, but aspects of their lives surround me whenever I visit. Some were probably parents. In autumn, the shouts and squeals of kids float to this very spot from the school a block away. Maybe some were farmers. In late summer, harvesters ply the…
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Winter Tree | Pateros, WA | 2016 “Listen to the trees as they sway in the wind. Their leaves are telling secrets. Their bark sings songs of olden days as it grows around their trunks. And their roots
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Pebble Roof | Tacoma, WA | 2016 The Tacoma Art Museum overflows with imaginative and inspiring works. Its exhibits are always surprising, challenging and (best of all) accessible. Visitors can stand just feet away from artworks — sometimes even stand alone — for an intimate viewing experience not always available at larger museums. One added…
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