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Bodies of Dirt
Michelle Levante, 02/24/10
Bodies of Dirt 06
Bodies of Dirt - Phase One
“When I would re-create myself, I seek the darkest wood, the thickest and most interminable and to the citizen, most dismal, swamp. I enter as a sacred place, a Sanctum sanctorum. There is the strength, the marrow, of Nature”. - Henry David Thoreau, Walking, 1851
Bodies of Dirt is an ongoing photographic project that explores the relationship between primeval nature and our visceral reaction to such spaces. Phase One is a nearly complete set of black and white image that will be presented as both large scale photographs to be displayed, and as a handmade artist book.
Some of the images depict primeval forest areas in the Catskills and Adirondack regions of New York. Instead of focusing on bucolic panoramic images, I choose the macrocosm of these woods such as up rooted trees, exposed roots, basal scarring on trees and textures in the dirt. Along side these images are photographs of the human body emerging and disappearing in the dirt and landscape. Below is a link to the full series on my website.
Bodies of Dirt
“When I would re-create myself, I seek the darkest wood, the thickest and most interminable and to the citizen, most dismal, swamp. I enter as a sacred place, a Sanctum sanctorum. There is the strength, the marrow, of Nature”. - Henry David Thoreau, Walking, 1851
Bodies of Dirt is an ongoing photographic project that explores the relationship between primeval nature and our visceral reaction to such spaces. Phase One is a nearly complete set of black and white image that will be presented as both large scale photographs to be displayed, and as a handmade artist book.
Some of the images depict primeval forest areas in the Catskills and Adirondack regions of New York. Instead of focusing on bucolic panoramic images, I choose the macrocosm of these woods such as up rooted trees, exposed roots, basal scarring on trees and textures in the dirt. Along side these images are photographs of the human body emerging and disappearing in the dirt and landscape. Below is a link to the full series on my website.
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