Wednesday, January 28, 2009

. . . from the archives #34: Dogwood—Yosemite, 1986



Are we our black, wet roots,
Or do we live by light?

Taken during a spring visit to Yosemite in 1986. From the evidence of the contact sheets, I didn’t take any 35mm photos, relying exclusively on a view camera (with roll-film adaptor) and a Mamiya twin-lens reflex.

Clearly, for this image I used the Mamiya since the uncropped photo is square. The original image is presented below the edited version.

James Linden and I picked this for use in a letterpress "keepsake" edition featuring the poem "Tree Song" by Gary Snyder (lines quoted above). Available now at auctions and suchlike.

Photo: Dogwood—Yosemite, 1986

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