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Reflection
Silver print, 4.5” x 6”
Shadow
Silver Print, 4.5” x 6.5”
Log with
Mushrooms
Silver print-toned, 4.3/4” x 6.5” |
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These
images reflect the life around me. It is these small
scenes that really feed my soul and make me feel the
gentleness of the life. Stopping and observing, I can
see all the wonderful details that make up this world.
It is walking through all the woods and fields that
surround my home in Maine, that I know that God is
present.
I walk slowly – taking in all there is around me – in
all seasons. I don’t want to miss any of what I might
see. The summer reflection of two leaves in a pool of
water or the small twig rising up through the snow on
Little Long Pond. Every autumn the collection of
mushrooms that push up through the leaves is wonderful.
I try to capture it all. I can never put off recording
these images as tomorrow will find the mushrooms
consumed by slugs, the snow will have melted a little
more, the sun will have moved, a dog’s footprint will
have appeared. The scenes are fleeting.
All of the images chosen for this essay were taken on
Mount Desert Island. But everywhere I go, it is the
same. I see the forms of life. Even walking through a
city I look up to notice one building reflected in the
glass of another. I watch the clouds. They are
everywhere, always changing.
I am frequently asked how do I see what I see, what do I
see when I look through the lens, how do I know what to
look for? I can only answer, “I just do”.
Anne Wetzel
P.O. Box 914
Mt. Desert, Me. 04660
phone: 207.288.0180
email:
annewetzel@acadia.net
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Mushroom
Silver print, 3”x 4.5” |
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Melting Snow
Silver Print, 5” x 7.5” |
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