Shadow Evolution
While prospecting for photographic gold around Bodie State Historic Park in the foothills of the Eastern Sierras, I found this unique structure that begged for me to take its picture.
Bodie, California was a gold rush boom town in the late 19th century that went bust by 1915. Preserved in a perpetual state of "arrested decay", it is a popular location for tourists and photographers alike. Recently, while on a photo tour, I came across this above ground cylindrical water tank just outside the sawmill, which was in fairly good shape, with just a light weathering rust, but with a number of rivet and bolt protrusions along its curved surface that created interesting shadow patterns in the late afternoon sun. I thought of early sci-fi movies with crude spaceships flying through space toward a brilliantly lit planet, or perhaps a rare geologic formation of paired mountains in a large desert on Mars. In the end, however you see this image, I enjoyed making it.
Recognition:
Accepted for Display and Sponsor Award - JUN-JUL 2022, International Exhibition of Photography, San Diego County Fair, Del Mar Racetrack and Fairgrounds, CA
Accepted for Display - DEC 2021 Darkroomers Photographic Club, and can be found in the Photographic Arts Building in Balboa Park, San Diego.
Shadow Evolution
While prospecting for photographic gold around Bodie State Historic Park in the foothills of the Eastern Sierras, I found this unique structure that begged for me to take its picture.
Bodie, California was a gold rush boom town in the late 19th century that went bust by 1915. Preserved in a perpetual state of "arrested decay", it is a popular location for tourists and photographers alike. Recently, while on a photo tour, I came across this above ground cylindrical water tank just outside the sawmill, which was in fairly good shape, with just a light weathering rust, but with a number of rivet and bolt protrusions along its curved surface that created interesting shadow patterns in the late afternoon sun. I thought of early sci-fi movies with crude spaceships flying through space toward a brilliantly lit planet, or perhaps a rare geologic formation of paired mountains in a large desert on Mars. In the end, however you see this image, I enjoyed making it.
Recognition:
Accepted for Display and Sponsor Award - JUN-JUL 2022, International Exhibition of Photography, San Diego County Fair, Del Mar Racetrack and Fairgrounds, CA
Accepted for Display - DEC 2021 Darkroomers Photographic Club, and can be found in the Photographic Arts Building in Balboa Park, San Diego.