Amanda Shopa

Film Photography & Fiber Arts

Weeks 1–4 of 209 Weeks

This black and white photo shows a dry late fall prairie filled with dried seed pods. In the background, there is a stand of trees at the edge of a forest.
Black and white photo of a flower growing through wooden slats.
Week 1 (front)
The back of the postcard reads: "Hope can be bruised and battered. It can be forced underground and unconscious, but hope cannot be killed." —Neal Shusterman in Unsouled. Photo notes: This photo was taken at Geonsancheon stream in Jeonju, South Korea in September of October 2018.
Week 1 (back)

Week 1 of 209 Weeks: “Hope can be bruised and battered. It can be forced underground and even rendered unconscious, but hope cannot be killed.” —Neal Shusterman in Unsouled

Photo Notes: This photo was taken at Geonsancheon Stream in Jeonju, South Korea in September of October 2018.

This black and white photo shows a pile of itty bitty acorn caps mixed in with wood chips. In the center of the photo, there is a small acorn.
Week 2 (front)
The back of the postcard reads: "The fact that we hope, even though we know what is going on, is what makes us wonderful." --Arundhati Roy Photo notes: This photo was taken at Pacem in Terris in Isanti, MN in Nov-Dec 2021. These were the tiniest acorn caps I'd ever seen.
Week 2 (back)

Week 2 of 209 Weeks: “The fact that we hope, even though we know what is going on, is what makes us wonderful.” —Arundhati Roy

Photo Notes: This photo was taken at Pacem in Terris in Isanti, MN in Nov–Dec 2021. These were the tiniest acorn caps I’d ever seen.

This black and white photo shows a dry late fall prairie filled with dried seed pods. In the background, there is a stand of trees at the edge of a forest.
Week 3 (front)
The back of this postcard reads: "People have been good at imagining the end of the worlds, which is much easier to picture than the strange sidelong paths of change in a world without end." —Rebecca Solnit Photo notes: This photo was taken at Pacem in Terris in Isanti, MIN in Nov–Dec 2021. Even though it was Nov–Dec, we'd had very little snow, so the prairie was covered in seeds.
Week 3 (back)

Week 3 of 209 Weeks: “People have been good at imagining the end of the worlds, which is much easier to picture than the strange sidelong paths of change in a world without end.” —Rebecca Solnit

Photo Notes: This photo was taken at Pacem in Terris in Isanti, MIN in Nov–Dec 2021. Even though it was Nov–Dec, we’d had very little snow, so the prairie was covered in seeds.

This black and white photo shows a wild flower in a prairie. The flower is on a puffball shape and has gone to seed. The seed pod shape looks like a pentagon with five sides.
Week 4 (front)
The back of this postcard reads: "resist; cultivate joy; hold space" Photo notes: Taken at Pacem in Terris in Nov–Dec 2021.
Week 4 (back)

Week 4 of 209 Weeks:
“resist

cultivate joy

hold space”

Photo Notes: Taken at Pacem in Terris in Nov–Dec 2021.

Amanda

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