My grandmother gave me a Brownie camera when I was eight
years old, then proudly showed my photographs of her flowers to her Garden
Society. The joy I felt as a young child while taking photographs for others to
enjoy remains today, and it is this passion that keeps me immersed in
photography.
My husband and I moved to Wisconsin in the mid-1970s and,
on impulse, I borrowed a Pentax K-1000 to take my first photography course. I
later attended the Madison Area Technical College and Edgewood University in Madison
where I took both art and photography classes.
In 2007, I received a digital camera as a gift and the door
to photography opened wider than ever. My world shifted as I saw the
possibilities that could be created using a camera and lenses — infinite possibilities
to document the natural world, architecture, history, seeing everything with a
new perspective.
"Even the smallest of details became intensely
interesting. Maybe that's why I love photography. I try to capture what I see,
my own interpretation, not what someone else might see."
I also became a contributor to WisconsinNative.com, writing
and photographing for both the Wandering Wisconsin and Travel Green
features on the travel website through December, 2008. My photography has also
been published in regional magazines, national travel guides, and in a book on
Functional Architecture which was published in London in 2009.
Though I shoot in many genres, I most love the experience
of photographing the natural world. Nature grounds me. I can be myself --
in the forest, the mountains, the desert, or the prairie -- in solitude with
nature.
My hobby is now a career, as I write and photograph as a
freelancer as the principal of Seeded Earth Studio, LLC.
Gertrude Stein, sitting cross-legged rather like a Buddha, is one of 5 statues in Bryant Park. It’s prominently located on the terrace, on the park side of the New York Public Library. The cast was done by Jo Davidson in 1923, long before Stein had become famous as a literary figure and supporter, and was installed in the park in 1992. Amazing to me, this was the first public statue of an American woman placed in the whole of New York City, and that was done only 17 years ago.
Marcie - Would have never thought that there was a statue of Gertrude Stein anywhere. And - she does look just a little like buddha sitting there. Great capture!07/17/2009 - 7:23 am
burstmode - I like this work, it has a certain life to it.07/17/2009 - 8:24 am
QuoinMonkey - I love this photo of the Stein Buddha. Didn't know it existed. I'm appalled at this; "first public statue of an American woman placed in the whole of New York City, and that was done only 17 years ago."
How can that possibly be? Just when I thought we'd made progress, I hear a stat like that. Fun to see your photos of NYC. Have there been any surprises, disappointments? Do you miss the Midwest?07/17/2009 - 7:58 pm
Anna Surface - Very neat Buddha like Stein statue. :)07/18/2009 - 8:42 am
Robin - She does look very Buddha-like.
I really like this. Great capture, Bo.07/20/2009 - 10:39 am
Meridith - Thanks for taking this photo!
A picture of this statue appears on my 1973 Vintage Books Edition of 'Everybody's Autobiography.' The credit to Davidson's statue says it is located in the Whitney Museum of American Art. I was going to look for it there - but you've helped me with your post!07/25/2009 - 10:10 pm
suehenryphotography - As I visit your blog I often wonder which I enjoy more -- the "tid-bits of information" or the featured image. Your blog is unique and special as it nearly always has both elements.08/15/2009 - 2:59 pm
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