Till Human Voices Wake Us

At last I have finished getting these images web-ready. Click on them to view them larger and to read their accompanying lines. This project took well over two years to conceptualize and complete and the help of many friends along the way. I give my thanks to each of them. Thanks as well to those of you who take the time now to look through.

Artist's statement accompanying the opening show in the Harris Fine Arts Center in December 2008:

Each passing moment is alight with possibilities. Even in the mundane, fixing a tie or leaning out a window, thoughts can come to our minds charged with the hope of what 'could be.' These thoughts are ephemeral, subject to quiet death by the onset of reality--like a voice shaking us from a pleasant dream that can no longer be recalled upon wakening. "Till Human Voices Wake Us" explores two facets of this human experience, the life-lending excitement that comes with fresh hope and the deadening weight of habit and culture that keeps us from realizing our dreams. This series both celebrates these effervescent fledgling dreams and commiserates on their passing. I have selected lines from the poem "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock" by T.S. Eliot to accompany the photographs.

Going on Three Years . . .

Amanda and Austin, two of my close friends, got married nearly three years back. Our photo-shoot was a fun celebration of our time as friends and the years they still have before them as husband and wife.

A Pair of Stuart Weitzmans

This Week's Topic for Daily Wanderings: Plants

More from the Llama Fest

Llama Fest 2009 at the Hare Krishna temple in Spanish Fork.



This award winner led her llama through a van as part of the obstacle course.



Umbrellas on display.



Spinners and weavers at work, using llama and alpaca wool.

A Few Favorites From My Wanderings

This one was taken on a recent jaunt down to the river bottoms.
It was shot on medium format film with my Holga 120N.

On my shoot with Katie, we decided the topic of our shoot would be "old."
This one of the dead weed and the fence was one of the first I took on that shoot.


An old yellow house with roses in front.

This one was taken earlier than the one of the weed.
I started with a couple photos of the really old truck, then I saw my reflection on the back of the rear-view mirror and then I saw it again. If you look closely you'll find three of me in this image. You can see Katie next to me.


A couple Saturdays back, I headed out to the Krishna temple in Spanish Fork
and took some photos at the annual Llama Fest.
These two are a couple of my favorites.

A small boy I became acquainted with mainly because I'd never
seen a stuffed monkey as a leash before.

This is Sandy with her new llama friend.