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Bill Livingston |
| Arrival Photograph |
Artist Statement: From September 1 to October 4, 2016, my wife, Diane, and I walked El Camino Frances, the 489 mile pilgrimage walked by millions for over 1200 years, from St. Jean Pied de Port, France, to Santiago de Compestela, Spain. For us it proved to be a journey of many challenges, profound insights, and great joys. Rather than the jubilance I had expected, we arrived on a dreary, rainy day and felt disappointed. We arrived too late to attend the Pilgrims Mass at the Cathedral. The. wait to receive our certificate of completion was long and crowded. Still experiencing physical complications of the journey, we decided to forego dinner and go to bed early. Checking into our pension, we discovered that our room was in the renovated attic: no walls, only slanted ceilings, and no window, only a sky light which could be opened. Opening the sky light with her head and shoulders above the roof, Diane, said, “You aren’t going to believe this!” We traded places so I could share her view. This image assured us we had arrived. Bio: I have loved photography the past 45 years but, as with many of our joys, it got neglected among other priorities: being a father and husband, mental health center CEO, and then parish priest. Now retired from full time parish ministry, I have more time for photography and hiking, with the two intertwined. I live in and hike the mountains and waterfalls of western North Carolina with my wife, Diane. Believing that seeing through a lens provides a new way to see the world or seeing the world as I think God sees it, I photograph what holds my attention in nature or wherever I happen to be hiking. I’ve had photographs included in Soul by Southwest, published by the Seminary of the Southwest. |
