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Every summer our swamp becomes covered with duckweed, making a lovely screen for shadows cast on it. I find it fascinating how different the shadows are from hour to hour, and day to day. On this day I was struck by how the shadows resembled a Japanese painting.
Perhaps the duckweed makes this a bit like a pointillist painting.
.. and as we wind on down the road, our shadows taller than our soul,...
excerpt from Stairway to Heaven - Robert Plant
Shadow of the gigantic metal lobster sculpture in Staithes, originally shown in the arts festival and now a permanent exhibit
For over a year now, Elisa and I have been looking out for opportunities to contribute to our Found Shadow Project. Here are some of the results.
We set up these rules for the project:
1. Only 'found' shadows could be entered in the project (nothing is staged!).
2. The object casting the shadow must be out of frame.
3. Only available light, natural or otherwise. may be used.
More in the Shadow Project set
This is a boylesque dance to a Queen medley, very 70s. It starts with Waxie in handcuffs and he has to strip to get the key out of his jock strap and remove the cuffs. It was pretty imaginative.
Sunday was the sixth and last day of the festival.
The star of the documentary 'Waxie Moon', www.imdb.com/title/tt1351269/, also gave a performance, which was great.
Austin Gay & Lesbian International Film Festival, www.agliff.org/, is celebrating it's 22nd year.
The Alamo Drafthouse, www.drafthouse.com/, is hosting the festival at its South Lamar location.